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COAI敦促削减USO税，要求政府削减整体税收
目前，USOF征款为5%，牌照费为3%，整体征款率为8%。
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新德里消息:行业身体COAI普遍服务义务基金(USOF)捐款应暂停，直至该文集的全部款项支付为止。在最近给电信印度移动运营商协会(COAI)说USO缴款应立即降至3%，最终目标是根据电信监管机构的建议，在未来2-3年内取消征税。
“此外，我们恳请电讯部(点)将剩余牌照费由调整后总营收的百分之三减至百分之一…这将使总牌照费从目前的8%提高到4%，”COAI在7月19日致交通部的信中表示。
目前，USOF征款为5%，牌照费为3%，整体征款率为8%。
COAI指出，在2003财年至2019财年为美国外交部筹集的9967.4亿卢比中，截至2019年6月，仍有5055.4亿卢比未被使用。
USOF是电信部门内的一个独立机构，为印度农村地区的电信基础设施推广提供补贴。
COAI在信中说:“在这方面，我们认为，USO基金现有的捐款5055.4亿卢比，超过了连接4.3万个未连接村庄的需求。”
该行业组织表示，USOF不应超过调整后总营收(仅从销售电讯服务所得的收入)的3%。
COAI表示，监管税是“消费者的额外成本”。
这些费用的降低将激励运营商在农村地区推出更多的网络。
“因此，考虑到降低资费会激励电讯服务供应商在农村地区铺设更多网络，我们认为应立即降低美国资费。”
“此外，我们恳请电讯部(点)将剩余牌照费由调整后总营收的百分之三减至百分之一…这将使总牌照费从目前的8%提高到4%，”COAI在7月19日致交通部的信中表示。
目前，USOF征款为5%，牌照费为3%，整体征款率为8%。
USOF是电信部门内的一个独立机构，为印度农村地区的电信基础设施推广提供补贴。
COAI在信中说:“在这方面，我们认为，USO基金现有的捐款5055.4亿卢比，超过了连接4.3万个未连接村庄的需求。”
该行业组织表示，USOF不应超过调整后总营收(仅从销售电讯服务所得的收入)的3%。
COAI表示，监管税是“消费者的额外成本”。
这些费用的降低将激励运营商在农村地区推出更多的网络。
“因此，考虑到降低资费会激励电讯服务供应商在农村地区铺设更多网络，我们认为应立即降低美国资费。”
New Delhi: Industry<\/a> body COAI<\/a> has said that the Universal Service Obligation Fund (USOF<\/a>) contribution should be kept in abeyance till the full amount of the said corpus is disbursed. In a recent letter to the telecom<\/a> department, the Cellular Operators' Association of India (COAI) said that alternately USO<\/a> contribution should be immediately brought down to 3 per cent with ultimate objective of doing away with the levy in the next 2-3 years in line with the recommendations of the telecom regulator.
\"Further, we earnestly request the Department of Telecom (DoT<\/a>) to kindly reduce remaining licence fee from three per cent to one per cent of adjusted gross revenue...This will bring the total licence fee to four per cent from the present eight per cent,\" the COAI said in the letter to DoT dated July 19.
At present, the USOF levy is five per cent and licence fee is pegged at 3 per cent - taking the overall incidence of levy to eight per cent.
\"Further, we earnestly request the Department of Telecom (DoT<\/a>) to kindly reduce remaining licence fee from three per cent to one per cent of adjusted gross revenue...This will bring the total licence fee to four per cent from the present eight per cent,\" the COAI said in the letter to DoT dated July 19.
At present, the USOF levy is five per cent and licence fee is pegged at 3 per cent - taking the overall incidence of levy to eight per cent.
<\/div><\/div>The COAI pointed out that of the Rs 99,674 crore collected for the USOF between FY2003 and FY2019, as much as Rs 50,554 crore remained unutilised as on June 2019.
The USOF is an independent body within the telecom department that subsidises telecom infrastructure rollouts in rural India.
\"In this regard, we are of the view that the existing contribution available in USO fund, that of Rs 50,554 crore is more than the requirement to connect 43,000 unconnected villages,\" the COAI said in the letter.
The industry body said it is of the view that USOF should not exceed three per cent of the Adjusted Gross Revenue (revenue earned from sale of telecom services alone).
The COAI said that the regulatory levies were \"additional costs to the consumers\".
The reduction in these levies will act as incentives for operators to roll out more network in rural areas.
\"Thus considering that reduction in levies will act as incentive for telecom service providers to roll out more network in rural areas, we are of the view that the USOF should be reduced immediately,\" COAI said.<\/div><\/div>
The USOF is an independent body within the telecom department that subsidises telecom infrastructure rollouts in rural India.
\"In this regard, we are of the view that the existing contribution available in USO fund, that of Rs 50,554 crore is more than the requirement to connect 43,000 unconnected villages,\" the COAI said in the letter.
The industry body said it is of the view that USOF should not exceed three per cent of the Adjusted Gross Revenue (revenue earned from sale of telecom services alone).
The COAI said that the regulatory levies were \"additional costs to the consumers\".
The reduction in these levies will act as incentives for operators to roll out more network in rural areas.
\"Thus considering that reduction in levies will act as incentive for telecom service providers to roll out more network in rural areas, we are of the view that the USOF should be reduced immediately,\" COAI said.<\/div><\/div>
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A senior official told ET that the funds for the PLI scheme would come from the already existing telecom equipment PLI scheme.","seolocation":"telecomnews\/pli-scheme-for-5g-equipment-manufacturing-soon-finance-minister","seolocationalt":"Govt may allocate around Rs 4,000 Cr for design-led manufacturing PLI scheme","url_seo":"pli-scheme-for-5g-equipment-manufacturing-soon-finance-minister"},"88834088":{"msid":"88834088","stname":"BBNL may soon offer its satellite internet service in northeast: Report","artsyn":"The costs are expected to be \u201creasonable\u201d, and a shortage of revenue for the implementing agencies, whether government or private, will be plugged through the Rs 60,000-crore Universal Service Obligation Fund or USOF, he said.","seolocation":"telecomnews\/bbnl-may-soon-offer-its-satellite-internet-service-in-northeast-report","seolocationalt":"BBNL may soon offer its satellite internet service in northeast: Report","url_seo":"bbnl-may-soon-offer-its-satellite-internet-service-in-northeast-report"},"87758312":{"msid":"87758312","stname":"Cabinet approves USOF scheme for providing 4G services in 44 aspirational districts","artsyn":"The project seeks to provide mobile services in 7,287 uncovered villages of 44 aspirational districts across the said states at a cost of about Rs 6,466 crore which also includes the operational expenses for five years.","seolocation":"telecomnews\/cabinet-approves-usof-scheme-for-providing-4g-services-in-44-aspirational-districts","seolocationalt":"Cabinet approves USOF scheme for providing 4G services in 44 aspirational districts","url_seo":"cabinet-approves-usof-scheme-for-providing-4g-services-in-44-aspirational-districts"},"87504984":{"msid":"87504984","stname":"CSC seeks to change aerial OFC specifications","artsyn":"\"DoT has been informed about the reasons. IIT-K has nothing to do with the specification and these were as per industry standards,\" Tyagi in a statement said, adding that the move was to facilitate overhead fibre cables on electric poles in Bihar, and part of industry standard and fit for aerial laying.","seolocation":"telecomnews\/csc-seeks-to-change-aerial-ofc-specifications","seolocationalt":"CSC seeks to change aerial OFC specifications","url_seo":"csc-seeks-to-change-aerial-ofc-specifications"},"86009229":{"msid":"86009229","stname":"BIF bats for satcom to be included in any relief package for telecom sector","artsyn":"BIF has also sought reduction in the USOF component of licence fee (LF) from 5 per cent to 3 per cent, and in turn, a uniform licence fee of 6 per cent to be levied instead of 8 per cent.","seolocation":"telecomnews\/bif-bats-for-satcom-to-be-included-in-any-relief-package-for-telecom-sector","seolocationalt":"BIF bats for satcom to be included in any relief package for telecom sector","url_seo":"bif-bats-for-satcom-to-be-included-in-any-relief-package-for-telecom-sector"},"85431031":{"msid":"85431031","stname":"USOF inks pact with BSNL for high-speed internet access to north-eastern states","artsyn":"USOF is aimed at providing financial support for the provision of telecom services in commercially unviable rural and remote areas of the country.","seolocation":"telecomnews\/usof-inks-pact-with-bsnl-for-high-speed-internet-access-to-north-eastern-states","seolocationalt":"USOF inks pact with BSNL for high-speed internet access to north-eastern states","url_seo":"usof-inks-pact-with-bsnl-for-high-speed-internet-access-to-north-eastern-states"},"85326735":{"msid":"85326735","stname":"BSNL carries out massive upgrades of Lakshadweep Satellite Bandwidth","artsyn":"\u200b\u200bBSNL is looking to increase its network capacity to address growing demand of broadband amidst a sharp rise in data consumption across users and locations.","seolocation":"telecomnews\/bsnl-carries-out-massive-upgrades-of-lakshadweep-satellite-bandwidth","seolocationalt":"BSNL carries out massive upgrades of Lakshadweep Satellite Bandwidth","url_seo":"bsnl-carries-out-massive-upgrades-of-lakshadweep-satellite-bandwidth"},"84353173":{"msid":"84353173","stname":"Ashwini Vaishnaw, Devusinh Chauhan seek to expedite BharatNet deployment","artsyn":"BharatNet is a core constituent of Prime Minister Narendra Modi\u2019s ambitious Digital India program for 1.35 billion Indians.","seolocation":"telecomnews\/ashwini-vaishnaw-devusinh-chauhan-seek-to-expedite-bharatnet-deployment","seolocationalt":"Ashwini Vaishnaw, Devusinh Chauhan seek to expedite BharatNet deployment","url_seo":"ashwini-vaishnaw-devusinh-chauhan-seek-to-expedite-bharatnet-deployment"},"84197288":{"msid":"84197288","stname":"CAG tears into CSC for BharatNet's poor service quality","artsyn":"Following the new arrangement, a payment of Rs 386.42 crore and 116.50 crore was made for a period of July 2019 to December 2020 to CSC under the Ministry of Electronics and IT (MeitY).","seolocation":"telecomnews\/cag-tears-into-csc-for-bharatnets-poor-service-quality","seolocationalt":"CAG tears into CSC for BharatNet's poor service quality","url_seo":"cag-tears-into-csc-for-bharatnets-poor-service-quality"},"83198683":{"msid":"83198683","stname":"BSNL: Non-action by USOF may shut down strategic LWE telecom network","artsyn":"The telecom network for the Indian army and paramilitary forces in the naxalite areas may be closed down following non-action by the Department of Telecommunications' (DoT) fund administration, compelling the state-owned telco to seek a \"closure date\" from the government.","seolocation":"telecomnews\/bsnl-non-action-by-usof-may-shut-down-strategic-lwe-telecom-network","seolocationalt":"BSNL: Non-action by USOF may shut down strategic LWE telecom network","url_seo":"bsnl-non-action-by-usof-may-shut-down-strategic-lwe-telecom-network"}}}}" data-news-images="null" data-newsletter-by="0" data-newsletter-date="a" data-hasbottomcarousel="" data-alldetailsopen="0" data-multipleanalyticshit="" data-deeplink="https://ettelecom.app.link?$deeplink_path=" data-socialshareformat="default">
