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Podcast: businessline's State of the Economy Podcast
Episode: Is the worst over for the Telecom sector?
Description: The recent 5G rollout marks another turning point for India’s telecom market. However, the telecom sector has been going through a major financial crisis. With a combined debt of around Rs 5 lakh crore, the operators are finding it tough to keep up the investment needed to roll out a network. While the operators have increased tariffs to mop up cash, this has led to services becoming unaffordable for the lower sections of the consumers. In this podcast, businessline's Thomas K Thomas examines the critical issues facing the telecom sector with Sanjay Kapoor, former CEO of Airtel, who...