Market leader Jio believes that, at present, the cash reserve is being used to fiberise the towers of competitors which "should not happen", while second-ranked Airtel wants the Centre to now start using the fund to fiberise towers.
Bharti Airtel: USOF is an approximately Rs 65,000 crore cash reserve that is meant to provide quality and affordable mobile and broadband services in the rural and remote regions of the country.
Trai: “Today, the health of the telecom industry, per se, is not in a good shape. If we want to make it their digital economy, we want massive investments. For instance, the expected investment is expected to be at least $15 to $20 billion a year in the entire telecom network, including the digital infrastructure. If that is to be done, the sector ought to be financially healthy,” said Bharti Enterprises Vice-Chairman Akhil Gupta.
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