DOT has issued termination of licence notices to various telecom operators for not having rolled out services as per licence obligation. Sistema Shyam Telecom Services, Aircel and Etisalat DB are among them. Most of the telcos which got new licences in 2008 has not rolled out services as required. The operators have been given 60 days time to reply.
It is well-known that it was not the intention of these companies, many of them Real Estate Companies, to offer telecom services. They only wanted to get the spectrum at cheap rates and then sell it for windfall profits.
Due to the intervention of the Supreme Court and the strong opposition of Left and others in the Parliament, the government has been compelled to take some action against these freak companies.