The Hindu Business Line : TRAI guidelines

Your editorial, "Beyond the Circle" (Business Line, February 17) asserts that whatever be the TRAI guidelines, there should be freedom of entry or exit for the new operators. This is only to ensure greater consumer satisfaction.

More players bring in more competition. The consumer maximises his satisfaction under competitive conditions and not under any type of monopoly.

Mere `market dominance' or the `concentration of market power' need not be the main factors for effective consolidation in the mobile sector. The players should necessarily acquire a national platform, rather than being confined to regional planks. Limiting the field to the present four players will only check competition, at the cost of consumers.

The basic `demand-supply' economics theory should find a suitable place in the TRAI guidelines to ensure a healthy consolidation process in the mobile telecom sector. TRAI should also gear up to become a perfect regulator in the sector offering total consumer satisfaction.

C. P. Velayudhan Nair

Kochi

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