Flagging the issue of call drops, Uttar Pradesh Governor Ram Naik today underlined the need for improving the quality of mobile telephony services.
The data suggests that services industry is expanding at a rapid pace in the country, but there is a need to take care of the quality of service, he said in his address at the inaugural the Global Exhibition on Services, 2016.
"Ravi Shankarji (Telecom Minister) informed how big is our mobile network. Today even house maid keeps mobile, banana seller also keeps mobile phone but I feel we need to focus on its quality as well. ... But don't know when will call drop," he said.
Highlighting the opportunities for business and growth in Uttar Pradesh, Naik said that it has important commercial centres like Varanasi, Lucknow and Ferozabad where saris, chicken work and bangles are produced.
Naik further said that people from north Indians, including those from Uttar Pradesh, have contributed immensely to the development of Mumbai.
"I am from Mumbai. Mumbai you know is economic capital of the country. If Mumbai has become economic capital ...(it is because) north Indians have contributed around 25-30 per cent to make Mumbai economic capital. Such one power is in Uttar Pradesh," he said.
He also said that the state has huge resources in manpower, arts and crafts and others but there was need for "branding" to realise the growth potential of the state.
"UP has both many skilled labour and unskilled labour. If country has to develop, then skilled as well as unskilled labour will have to provided employment," he said.
In his address, Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said that the country has over one billion mobile phones and 400 million internet connections.
"Today 1 billion Indians are on verifiable digital identity where you can deliver the services," he said, adding the Modi government is trying to improve the enabling environment to accelerate growth of services sector.
According to drive tests conducted by sectoral regulator Trai in December-January period, services of most of telecom operators were not up to the mark.
