We are all charged up for the next 25 years: Bharti Airtel chairman

Telecom sector has spent years fighting regulatory and legal battles. They could have been better spent on serving the customers and strengthening the network, writes Sunil Bharti Mittal

One thing that everybody acknowledges today is the stellar contribution made by the telecom industry to keep India running during Covid-19 lockdown and after. A nation of one billion connected 24x7 by seamless networks at the most affordable tariffs globally is no mean feat. And I take this opportunity to commend everyone across the telecom ecosystem – the operators and their partners, the government and the regulator for having made this possible.     

25 years ago, when the Indian telecom sector was liberalised and players including Airtel emerged on the scene, no one had imagined we would come this