Tim Worstall  Tim Worstall, Contributor  I write about business
and technology.  5/07/2012 @ 11:33AM |258 views  India's Mobile
Phone Operators Insist It's Not a Competitive Market  I have to
admit that this isn’t an argument that I would have put forward
if I were one of the mobile telecoms operators in India. That a
rise is the licence costs will lead to a rise in the cost of
phone calls. For that is tantamount to stating that India’s
telecoms market is not a competitive one.   The telecoms
ministry is currently seeking clarification on some of the
proposals from regulator the Telecom Regulatory Authority of
India (TRAI), which recommended the new auction prices start at
more than ten times the figure carriers paid in 2008.  The basic
background is that the 2008 auctions were found to be so mired
in corruption that the government wishes to cancel them and
start again. Which might be inconvenient for the incumbents but
not much more than that.  However, this idea that higher licence
fees will lead to higher