Almost all the leaders of the private telecom companies together met Kapil Sibal, Minister of Communications and IT and put their demands to him. One of the main items was the pricing of the 2G spectrum with retrospective effect, which is in the consideration of the government. The companies wanted that it should only be prospective and not retrospective. Another issue was the pricing of the additional spectrum that is with some companies. The TRAI has proposed it to be the average of 1.65 times of 3G price. Another issue was the sharing and Merger & Acquisition issues. Sunil Mittal (Bharti Airtel), Anil Ambani (Relicance), Marten Pieters (Vodafone), Himanshu Kapania (Idea Cellular) and other corporates heads were present.

The private companies are aggressively putting their agendas before the Communications Minister, Finance Minister, Prime minister and others. But what about problems of BSNL. As at present, BSNL will also will have to pay for the extra spectrum. Whether the Management has taken the issue with DOT and Minister? The BSNL will have to approach the Government for granting the additional spectrum without any charge.