When mobile phone companies, used to reporting 10 million and more new customers in a month, do the opposite and drop twice that number – in a month – you know that India’s most dynamic industry has entered a new, more troubled phase. It may be that the new numbers on customer totals are merely a more accurate reflection of reality, since inflated claims have been very much a part of the industry story so far.

><table width='100%' border=0 cellspacing=0><tr><td style='FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 18px; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: #0253B7;'><B>T N Ninan:</B> Dead ringer</td></tr><tr><tr><td style='FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 11px; FONT-WEIGHT: bold;'>The way to save the once-dynamic mobile industry is to take a leaf out of the airline industry 

T N Ninan: Dead ringer

The way to save the once-dynamic mobile industry is to take a leaf out of the airline industry let excess capacity go out of the market, and allow remaining players to jack up tariffs

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