AGR issue a distraction for telcos; but India still at the centre of Ericsson’s strategy: Nunzio Mirtillo

NEW DELHI: Swedish telecom gear maker Ericsson termed AGR issue a distraction for telecom operators in India and said that the government should deal with the situation quickly, paving way for the industry to focus on core business.

“…there has been a bit of distraction when it comes to the AGR discussion. So, we hope that it will be addressed, obviously during the Covid-19 situation the government needs to get back and look at other things as well. But we hope that it will also be over very quickly so that there will be no other thing to focus on other than the business itself,” Nunzio Mirtillo, Head of Ericsson South East Asia, Oceania and India, told ET.

The company said that India offers a ‘solid’ opportunity, especially after Facebook’s investment in Jio Platforms.