MTNL bosses delay GSM rollout

In a review meeting of Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd (MTNL) held in November 2014, the telecom minister Ravi Shankar Prasad had pulled up the MTNL officials for poor network quality and slow pace of network rollout.

“The minister has given six months time to MTNL to improve its services and told them clearly that he will take serious action against responsible officials on failing to meet deadline,” a ministry official had then said. Mr Prasad shared his displeasure with senior officials over delay in installation of mobile towers. “The minister may get efficient people in place of officials found responsible for delay,” the official had said.