JSW Group chairman asks Govt to ensure Vodafone Idea survives; warns consumers will suffer in a duopoly

Kolkata: JSW Group chairman Sajjan Jindal on Friday called on the government to ensure Vodafone Idea survives, warning that mobile users across India would suffer with the struggling telco collapses and the telecom sector shrinks to a duopoly, from currently a three-private player market.

“The government must in some way facilitate the survival of Vodafone Idea as a third competitor …consumers will be at a disadvantage with only two players left in the game if VIL were to close down,” Jindal tweeted Friday. He marked the Prime Minister’s Office and the finance ministry in his tweet.

If VIL shuts down, the telecom sector will reduce to just two private carriers — Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel — from three currently.