Sibal's report card: A mixed bag

Kapil Sibal’s scorecard after one year as telecom minister is one that undoubtedly evokes sharp responses in certain quarters, but on the whole, does not stand out as being noteworthy in either a positive or negative way. In other words, a decidedly mixed bag. His detractors say that his tenure has seen a virtual policy paralysis—he could not cancel licenses of erring operators despite the recommendations of the regulator for not having met their roll out obligations, was unable to get more spectrum (5 MHz) slot vacated for another broadband wireless access (BWA) license, or finalise the pricing policy for excess 2G spectrum.

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