Monday 22 January 2018

“Govt should provide better mobile telecom service”- Parliamentary panel

Call drops, low network, and poor coverage areas are still bothering mobile phone users. To motivate  the government to take strong steps in ensuring all these issues are addressed, the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance in its draft report on transformation towards digital economy said that urgent and earnest efforts were required to improve the quality of telecom services in the country.


The Committee gave examples of naxal-affected districts which do not have mobile network coverage, and suggested to the government to bridge the digital gap in the country by providing better telecom services.

The report said: "The quality of telecom coverage in the country is unevenly distributed, as 95 per cent, 75 per cent and 60 per cent population is covered by 2G, 3G and 4G spectrum respectively.”

The committee added that digital transformation of the economy is not possible without basic 2G mobile services.

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