Tata Teleservices said today that it plans on investing USD 2 billion in roll out GSM-based mobile services in India. The company plans on launching the service by the end of the year, but is concerned about the slow pace of range allocated by the government.
Anil Sardana, Tata Teleservices’s Managing Director said that over the next two years the company will be putting in USD 2 billion for setting up nationwide GSM network. The delay is allocation is putting the company at a competitive disadvantage as some of their competitors have already launched their GSM networks.
“We do understand that there are security concerns in some of the states where spectrum cannot be allocated. But wherever it is available there should not be any delay as the government had earlier announced in January this year that enough spectrum is available in most of the circles to accommodate all the new players as well to meet the needs of the existing operators,” Anil Added.
By IT News Africa staff reporter
