"We Had To Run To Catch Up": Airtel's Sunil Mittal Praises Mukesh Ambani
NDTV
Mr Mittal also praised PM Modi's understanding of technology and its importance to the progress of India.
Bharti Airtel chairman Sunil Mittal said on Saturday that Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Jio's efforts to push 4G technology in India forced him to "catch up".
"I would like to remind Mukesh (Ambani) when he gave a lot of pace to 4G and we had run very fast to catch up with it. When COVID hit, the pulse of this nation did not stop even for a minute. Our work continued round the clock and its credit goes to Digital Mission," Mittal said," Mr Mittal said at the Indian Mobile Congress in New Delhi where 5G services were launched in India.
Chiefs of three telecom giants - Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea - were united at the event as Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the fifth generation (5G) services in the country.
