India, March 4 -- Bharti Group chairman Sunil Mittal believes that telcos should partner with satellite communication (satcom) operators to plug gaps in connectivity in rural areas.

As per Economic Times, Mittal urged governments and regulators across the globe to incentivise telecom operators for scaling up coverage in rural geographies.

"We have a mission to finish the job of covering the last 400 Mn people. Compete on the strength of your brands, your services, but don't try to compete by building solo capital infrastructure," Mittal reportedly said on Monday (March 3) at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2025 in Spain's Barcelona.

This comes barely a week after Mittal urged the Indian government to allocate satcom spectrum on a "shar...