Call drop situation improving:Ravi Shankar Prasad

Under attack from the Opposition on the call drop problem, union communications and information technology minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said that the situation is improving.

All the telecom operators have been told to take steps to improve quality of services," he said, adding that the department of telecommunications (DoT) had reviewed the situation on weekly basis for the past two months.

Our government is serious on the issue of call drop from the very start. Stating the fact that the situation of call drops have improved since last few months, he assured that initiatives have been taken in this regard and soon the situation will improve.

He said that all the operators have been asked to find out ways to improve the telephony service in the country and DoT secretary Rakesh Garg had spoken to the owners/operators of the service providers at the highest level.