Are the existing players trying to keep the industry an oligopoly?
Definitely. They are not actually open to accepting competition at all. Q: You are a late mover. How will you make your presence felt? Also, with five or six new players coming in, how do you plan to pace yourself geographically? A: We are looking at a pan-India roll out. We are depending on spectrum availability. It may get a bit staggered, but it will be a pan-India roll out with product differentiation. We have advisors on our teams still working on that. It will be very early for us to comment but the idea would be to differentiate ourselves. The market is large and growing. We don’t see a problem, with the size of our population being what it is. Every household today, even low-income ones, are using cellphones. Q: Are you planning to bid for wireless broadband? A: We want to put our foot in the door and enter the business before we look at other options. I am sure we will look at that. We will look at 3G. Q: Being successful with that will require real competence. A: Yes, we are
