The top carriers' meeting with the minister was one of the six stakeholder committee meetings in two days, which were focused on facilitating a two-way dialogue with the government on critical matters
Gulveen Aulakh
Published16 Jul 2024, 08:22 PM IST
Telecom minister Jyotiraditya M. Scindia.(PTI)
Strategies to enhance service delivery and address challenges faced by telecom operators were among key discussion points at the stakeholders advisory committee meeting comprising top executives and promoters of carriers that was chaired by telecom minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Tuesday.
The first meeting of the telecom stakeholders' advisory committee (SAC) was attended by Reliance Jio chairman Akash Ambani, Bharti Airtel founder and chairman Sunil Bharti Mittal, chief executive Gopal Vittal, and Vodafone Idea managing director Akshaya Moondra, apart from representatives of the Cellular Operators Association of India. This was also the first meeting with the ministry officials after the tariff hike last month.
The top carriers' meeting with the minister was one of the six stakeholder committee meetings in two days, which were focused on facilitating a two-way dialogue with the government on critical matters such as technology promotion, R&D, go-to-market strategies for telecom products, promoting local manufacturing, enabling the manufacturing ecosystem, establishing industry-academia linkages, sharing new ideas, and resolving policy issues.
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On Tuesday, he met with members of internet service providers, infrastructure providers, academicians and research and development in the telecom sector. On Monday, he met with members of satellite communication ecosystem, telecom sector original equipment manufacturers and telecom electronics ecosystem.
“We've identified a rather deep agenda for all three committees. Now, the members of these committees and us will be working together. There are varied schedules for the first presentation of these committees over the next couple of weeks. And then we will be taking each individual issue at a time, delving into the details, and devising an action plan with clear timelines and actionable items so that we can take our sector forward,” the minister said.