Cheating the government of its rightful dues has become the rule for private Telecom companies. There is no surprise in this since the private entry in Telecom itself was full of corruption and bribery.

The latest in this series is the report of CAG that the topmost 6 private telcos, Airtel, Vodafone, Idea, Reliance Communications, Aircel and SSTL have cheated government of Rs. 12,220 crores by understating their revenues.

Privatisation has become synonymous with corruption, bribery and cheating.