High indebtedness and new liabilities will give little leeway for telecom companies to spend on tower fiberisation, an important step to 5G implementation.
Equity markets opened in the green expecting an easy BJP win in Maharashtra and Haryana, but lost steam over lukewarm corporate earnings and the SC verdict ordering telcos to pay ₹92,000 crore.
Telecom secretary Aruna Sundararajan speaks to Fortune India about the 5G roadmap and the aim of giving every citizen 50 mbps of data by 2022 under the new telecom policy expected in June.
Even as heavy consolidation in the telecom space signals more job losses to come, the Department of Telecom says it is working on opening up new job opportunities.
