Things will soon improve for telecom sector, says Manoj Sinha

Due to the decline in revenue, licence fee and spectrum charges paid to the government also fell in the quarter

At a time when the telecom sector is undergoing financial stress, Communications Minister Manoj Sinha believes the tough stage will be over soon and the sector will work as a facilitator for a growing economy, not only being a revenue generator for the government.

With intensified competition, the sector’s revenues have been hit. The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) says gross revenue of service providers declined by 8.1 per cent to Rs 610 billion for the October-December quarter of 2017, compared to Rs 665 billion in the same period of 2016. 

Due to the decline in revenue, licence fee and spectrum