New telecom policy: Market-priced spectrum, no roaming
Communications Minister Kapil Sibal on Monday announced a radical recast of the telecom policy with five major objectives and several minor ones.
October 10, 2011 / 16:45 IST
Communications Minister Kapil Sibal on Monday announced a radical recast of the telecom policy with five major objectives and several minor ones.
The five big objectives of the New Telecom Policy (NTP) 2011 are: broadband on demand, a simple one-nation-one-licence policy that will end roaming charges, separation of telecom network operations from service delivery, and sale of spectrum at market-determined prices. The fifth goal is to allow for the orderly exit of operators who are unable to fit in.The biggest change in the context of the new policy is the proposed separation of network operation from service delivery. Currently, mobile operators operate their own networks and deliver the service. In future, separate licences would be required for both
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