'Ensure enabling regulatory environment for telecom sector': Birla

Vodafone Idea Chairman Kumar Mangalam Birla on Monday said that a thriving telecom sector was vital for building a new digital India and asked the Government to ensure an "enabling regulatory environment".

'Enable the regulatory environment to ensure investments'

"While we stand committed to support the growth of the industry, we seek to enable the regulatory environment to ensure that necessary investments are made," Birla, who is also the chairman of Aditya Birla group, said at the India Mobile Congress 2019. Stating that India's broadband user base of 600 million is second only to China, Birla said artificial intelligence (AI), Internet of Things (IoT) and robotics will drive the next wave of digital growth.

"The world will witness the growth of connected devices," he said adding that tectonic shifts in technology will change business landscape too.

He said that Digital India 2.0's objective is to build a new India and achieve the USD 5 trillion economies.