Bengal urges COAI to set up cellphone training centre

West Bengal Finance Minister Amit Mitra today urged the Cellular Operators Association of India, a body of GSM and CDMA mobile operators, to set up a cellphone training centre in the state.

"I urged the Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) to set up a cellphone training centre here where skill sets on repairing handsets would be imparted," Mitra said at an event organised by the BCCI here.

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He also urged the industry to set up IT-focussed, green, intelligent smart townships in the state.

Director-general of COAI Ranjan Mathews said the association had provided seed money for setting up sector skill councils across the country. He said COAI would definitely set up a training centre for skill development in West Bengal.

Source: PTI