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The Telecom Commission, the highest decision-making body of the Ministry of Communication, approved the National Digital Communication Policy (NDCP), which aims to create four million new jobs, to invest more $ 100 billion in India by 2022 to facilitate business and Aruna Sundararajan, telecommunications secretary and chair of the telecom commission, after holding the two-hour meeting, said Aruna Sundararajan, secretary of telecommunications and chair of the telecommunications commission. Wednesday.
"All members said that the digital infrastructure is even more important than the physical infrastructure for India, including CEO Niti Aayog (Amitabh Kant) said that for the Ambitious states, we must ensure that the digital infrastructure is provided at the earliest. Therefore, India must have the ease of doing business and a favorable policy environment for new investments, "she said. added.
The Telecommunications Department will create an internal monitoring mechanism to monitor and review the implementation of the new policy. , which will have enabling provisions for streamlining levies in the telecommunications sector that pays one-third of each rupee earned in the form of taxes or fees from the government.
Specific proposals to rationalize levies will be created and reviewed after Cabinet approval.
The NDCP 2018 provides for optimal spectrum pricing, a review of royalties such as license fees and spectrum usage fees, and mergers and acquisitions rules to facilitate outflows while revising the spectrum. Guidelines. from his approach that spectrum is a key natural resource that must be used for public benefit, in addition to seeking investments in billions of dollars.
Cellular Operators Association of India, which represents all carriers, said the forward-looking policy promises to usher in India in a new era of digital communications, thus making the digital dream of Prime Minister India a reality. "NDCP 2018 is a welcome step for the industry with ambitious goals … the speed of implementation will be the key to achieving the goals set," said Mritunjay Kapur, leader of telecommunications, media and technology. technology at KPMG India
. from the industry, which bears the burden of heavy financial losses, debt of nearly Rs 8 lakh crore in the midst of large-scale consolidation and endless tariff wars, are skeptical about achieving all its goals. Investments by 2022 seem utopian now in a leveraged telecommunications market, where the intensity of competition refuses to decline and profitability refuses to rise, "said Sanjay Kapoor, former CEO of Bharti Airtel
The telecom commission also approved the installation of Wi-Fi hotspots from 10 to 12.5 million lakh in all gram panchayats with a viability deficit of the order of Rs 6,000 crore. by December 2018. This will be part of the National Broadband Mission within the NDCP, where two of the five hotspots that will be set up in each gram panchayat, will be carried out as part of Gram Net and Jan Wi-Fi programs.
Among other proposals that have been approved by the TC, the USOF will invite new technology providers to offer connectivity offers via alternative or new technologies – eg FSOC and Li-fi or Ligh Google's Fidelity, 100 times faster than Wi-Fi – and will fund each proposal up to Rs 10 crore for creating pilot projects. Funding will be limited to a public or private company that is licensed under DoT.
The issue of cascading charges for virtual network operators has been resolved, with double or triple taxation for the deleted service. Now, a WNV licensee will have to pay a share of value-added gross revenue, the same principle that is used in the goods and services tax system.
This, said a senior official, will help expand the reach of the service where 67 players have taken licenses.
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