Minister of Communications Manoj Sinha on Monday said that addressing the call drops issue is in progress and some of the works done by the companies are satisfactory.

But having said that, he also said customer satisfaction should be the utmost priority and it is not only about call drops but also other issues including data services.

"Data services is also a major part for the Prime Minister's 'Digital India' programme and, therefore, we have set some benchmarks for the telecom companies to be done like technology upgradation to achieve some of the targets," Sinha told reporters here after meeting all the Chief Executives of telcos.

He said the government will also help the industry to achieve most of the targets.

"They (telcos) assured that the target for 100 days programme as committed to the Secretary will be met. They indicated that from beginning June 10, there will be an addition of around 60,000 base transceiver station (BTS) in 100 days across the country, out of which 48,000 has been installed in the last 45 days," he said.

The minister said he emphasised the need for cooperation and complementing the efforts of the government and the operators for progress of the sector so that common people feel the improvement in the sector and the services.

CEOs of major telcos including Bharti Airtel, Vodafone India, Idea Cellular and Reliance Jio met the minister.

"Overall, it was a good meeting," Goal Vittal, CEO, Bharti Airtel, said. Asked if call drops issue was discussed, Vittal said, "Not only call drops but various other issues were also discussed."

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