We have an open mind on tariff order: Trai chairman R S Sharma

At Trai, our job is to regulate. Nothing is disturbing for us, we are only doing our job: R S Sharma

Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) Chairman R S Sharma refused to get drawn into industry-linked issues in an interview with Megha Manchanda and Nivedita Mookerji. Sharma was in the news recently for then department of telecom secretary J S Deepak’s letter, asking him to restrict telcos’ promotional offers as those were adversely impacting the government’s revenues. He said he would respond to the government soon on the matter, and that he was focused on enabling ubiquitous connectivity rather than a telecom operator’s gain or loss. Edited excerpts:

Is it disturbing that just one telecom player, Reliance Jio, is dominating