Welcome FDI in telecom, but no compromise on safety: Ravi Shankar

Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Tuesday said that while foreign direct investment (FDI) and innovations were welcome in the telecom sector of the country, there would be no compromise on safety and security.

“We are not against FDI, we are not against foreign innovative minds. They are most welcome, FDI is 100 per cent automatic … foreign capital is welcome, foreign innovation is welcome, but we are equally keen that safety and security of the country is also important,” Prasad said at the India Mobile Congress, adding that all such digital technologies had to be safe so that “vested interests, extremists may not abuse it”.