New Delhi, March 28 (Agencies): The cellular operators' body COAI wants the government to look into the quality of mobile handsets as it feels service quality and call drops are also the function of devices being used. Seeking an “urgent policy intervention”, the Cellular Operators Association of India has argued that operators are blamed for call drops and service quality, but “the role of devices has not been considered adequately”. The letter, by COAI Director General Rajan S. Mathews, highlights cases of degradation in data in dual SIM LTE mobile devices, specifically with regard to the “chipset-specific implementation by MediaTek”. Smartphone definitions should include both the SIM slots - dual SIM 4G phones should have both the slots as 4G enabled; and dual SIM 3G phones should have both the slots as 3G enabled. “Devices with 2G only SIM slots should be phased out in the next 6 months,” it added.

Source: The Telegraph March 28, 2017 11:03 UTC