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The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) on Wednesday held the lack of investment by mobile service providers in the network infrastructure, including mobile towers, responsible for the problem of call drops. It said the investment had not kept pace with the increase in usage and the number of subscribers.
In an affidavit filed in the Delhi High Court in response to a writ petition challenging a new rule imposing a fine for each call drop on mobile operators, TRAI said the investment made in the infrastructure, other than radio spectrum, in wireless access service segment had risen by only 4.6 per cent from Rs.2,02,399 crore in 2012-13 to Rs.2,11,691 crore in 2013-14.
The writ petition was moved by the Cellular Operators Association of India, the Association of Unified Telecom Service Providers of India and 21 telecom operators.
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