New Delhi: The Prime Minister's Office (PMO) on Thursday took up the issue of call drops and poor connectivity in Delhi hospitals and directed the Telecom Ministry to take corrective steps and sought a report in the matter.
According to the Telecom Ministry’s report, the government hospitals have poor network coverage. The report also says indoor coverage in hospitals is bad. The steps were taken following the "No Call Drops" campaign by Network18.
However, the Telecom Ministry directed telecom service providers to install in-building solutions.
Earlier on Thursday, The Department of Telecom (DoT) has written to sector regulator TRAI to suggest a disincentive mechanism to tackle the issue of frequent call drops. Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad had suggested that private operators should minimise call drops and DoT is already working on disincentive architecture on the matter.
"We have asked TRAI to analyse the issue and suggest what kind of in-built disincentive mechanism could be used for call drops," Telecom Secretary Rakesh Garg said on Thursday. Explaining the issue and its possible framework, Garg said it could be in the form of giving free minutes to customers in lieu of call drops.
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