Blue chip, definitely not. Mobile telephone is a very essential device required today by everyone to improve productivity, income and quality of life. It is not generally realised that when a person is given a phone he gets a large number of incoming calls which generate significant revenues for other operators and for the economy and provide means of improving work efficiency. In this case of the DOT employees. Paswan, any competition is welcome.
Consumers can get benefit only through active competition.
Moreover, mobile telephony has its special characteristics and advantages and fixed telephony has its own place and function. It is not really a competition between mobile and fixed telephone. Apple-pie, no, absolutely not, in fact, there is the most vigorous and healthy competition between the existing operators in every service area. This is clearly evidenced by the cut-throat tariffs in the market. Cool, I fully agree with you, The Indian cellular market is regulated too much as compared to international cellular markets.