Prison term for mobile OpCo for failing to meet quality requirements

On another thread, Ratnendra made an good / thought-provoking point which I
missed to acknowledge, and that is the relevance of a body like TRAI.
Presently, I am of the opinion that TRAI still serves a very crucial role,
although it's powers are somewhat diluted, but it has made many attempts at
making telecommunication service more pro-consumer. Unfortunately, as is
the case for most publicly traded companies, things that are pro-consumer,
are usually seen as anti-business, since it is viewed as a 'zero sum game'.
However, even if a business is not publicly traded, greed can still turn
any venture into a 'zero sum game'. This is why regulators are needed, and
that should be their primary goal, apart from ensuring some sense of 'fair
share' of scanty resources.

Here's Africa leading the charge in being pro-consumer, quite contrary to
what champions of capitalism in the western world couldn't do.
http://www.networkworld.com/article/2902814/nigeria-joins-list-of-african-countries-threatening-prison-sentences-for-mobile-operators.html

And, this is so similar to the trend that Icelanders started, by sending
Bankers to jail, for failing them: http://www.cnbc.com/id/102422785

Social progress is not the prerogative of the "seemingly most advanced,
most industrialized" first-world countries, since this is a benchmark they
just don't seem to get -- most often.

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