It’s possible that the idea of 3G-equipped towns and cities will be short-lived.

The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has asked the two state-owned telecom service providers, MTNL and BSNL, to pause 3G services until there’s a strong infrastructure built to be able to handle devices that support 3G services. According to a report in The Times of India, executives of the telcommunication services say that even as they work towards improving 3G security issues, they will continue to offer 3G services. Let’s see how the telcos and the DoT go about this.