\"\"NEW DELHI: India’s telecom sector is going through a period of stress owing to growing losses and rising debt, amid heightened competition due to the disruptive entry of Reliance Jio<\/a>, the Economic Survey<\/a> said in its findings on Monday.
\n
\nWhile highlighting reduced revenue and irrational spectrum costs, the survey also underlined that the ‘crisis’ being faced by telcos has also deeply impacted their investors, lenders, partners and vendors, even as it underscored government programs of Bharat Net and Digital India that were enabling India to become digitally connected.
\n
\n“It is important to note that the telecom sector is going through a stress period with growing losses, debt pile, price war, reduced revenue and irrational spectrum costs,” the Survey said, adding that it had flagged the situation in the previous economic survey as well.
\n
\n“A new entrant has disrupted the market with low-cost data services and the revenue of incumbent players has fallen. The crisis has also severely impacted investors, lenders, partners and vendors of these telecom companies,” it added.
\n
The newest entrant in Indian telecom sector Reliance Jio started offering free data and voice calls from September 5, 2016 and since then has been able to garner a subscriber base of more than 160 million users as of December 2017. Jio’s plans lead to a tariff war between incumbent carriers including
Bharti Airtel<\/a>, Vodafone India and Idea Cellular<\/a>, with Jio, which resulted in free voice calls for customers coupled with dollops of free data, but eroded revenue for the older carriers.
\n
Besides the tough competition in the market, carriers have claimed that almost 30 paise of every rupee earned by them is paid as levy and taxes to the government, which is a major reason for the
industry<\/a>’s debt of Rs 7.7 lakh crore. They, therefore, want sharp reduction in levies and lower spectrum prices. The mobile industry in India is currently employing over 4 million people both directly and indirectly.
\n
The survey added that the government was formulating a new telecom policy (
NTP<\/a>), where issues of regulatory and licensing frameworks impacting the sector, connectivity for all, quality of services, ease of doing business and absorption of new technologies including 5G<\/a> and IoT<\/a> will be addressed. The government plans to bring out the policy by April 2018, even as it takes into account views of all stakeholders including recommendations of Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI<\/a>).
\n
\nTelecom Minister Manoj Sinha told ET recently that the policy would also look at some fundamental issues related to stress in the sector, that have not been addressed by the inter-ministerial group (IMG) suggestions to give a one-time option to carriers to make annual payments for spectrum bought in auctions, over 16 years rather than 12 years at present. IMG had also suggested reduction in interest rate on penalties.
\n
\nTrai has also recommended new policy on net neutrality which prohibits discriminatory tariffs for data services, where service providers are restricted from entering into any arrangement, agreement, or contract, with any person, natural or legal, that has the effect of discriminatory treatment based on content, sender or receiver, protocols or user equipment. The government is yet to take a final call on the policy, but the minister recently said that the government’s views were in tandem with those of the regulator.
\n
\nBharat Net, one of the leading projects of the government, is aimed at connecting 2.5 lakh gram panchayats of India through optical fibre network in two phases. Through this network, services such as e-health, e-education, e-governance and e-commerce will be offered in the future.
\n
\nAs on November, 2017, the fibre has reached 103,275 gram panchayats with the laying of 238,677 km. of optical fibre cable. The second phase of the program has an outlay of Rs 30,920 crore that will connect 1.5 lakh gram panchayats through high speed broadband, is likely to be completed by March 2019.
\n
\nALSO READ:
Union Budget 2018: Lower levies top telcos’ wishlist<\/a><\/strong>
\n
\nALSO READ: ​
New policy may cut levies: Telecom Secretary<\/a><\/strong>
\n
\nALSO READ:
Cumulative levies of 33% for Indian telcos putting operators under pressure: Deloitte<\/a><\/strong>\n\n<\/body>","next_sibling":[{"msid":62692445,"title":"OPPO partners Qualcomm to explore 5G tech as it plans to launch 5G devices in 2019<\/b>","entity_type":"ARTICLE","link":"\/news\/oppo-partners-qualcomm-to-explore-5g-tech-as-it-plans-to-launch-5g-devices-in-2019\/62692445","category_name":null,"category_name_seo":"telecomnews"}],"related_content":[],"msid":62693472,"entity_type":"ARTICLE","title":"Economic Survey 2018: Telecom sector going through stress following Jio's disruptive foray","synopsis":"While highlighting reduced revenue and irrational spectrum costs, the survey also underlined that the \u2018crisis\u2019 being faced by telcos has also deeply impacted their investors, lenders, partners, and vendors as well.","titleseo":"telecomnews\/economic-survey-2017-18-telecom-going-through-stress-has-hurt-investors-lenders-vendors","status":"ACTIVE","authors":[],"Alttitle":{"minfo":""},"artag":"ET Bureau","artdate":"2018-01-29 14:02:55","lastupd":"2018-01-29 16:15:09","breadcrumbTags":["Economic survey","TRAI","Huawei","5G","Budget2018","industry","NTP","Bharti Airtel","Reliance Jio","Idea Cellular","IoT"],"secinfo":{"seolocation":"telecomnews\/economic-survey-2017-18-telecom-going-through-stress-has-hurt-investors-lenders-vendors"}}" data-authors="[" "]" data-category-name="" data-category_id="" data-date="2018-01-29" data-index="article_1">

2018年经济调查:电信业经历压力继Jio颠覆性的尝试

同时强调收入和非理性的频谱成本降低,调查还强调,“危机”是电信运营商所面临的也深深影响了他们的投资者,债权人,合作伙伴和供应商。

  • 更新2018年1月29日04:15点坚持
新德里:印度的电信业正在经历一段时间的压力由于日益增长的损失和不断增加的债务,由于破坏性的竞争有所加剧依赖Jio,经济调查在其发现周一表示。

同时强调收入和非理性的频谱成本降低,调查还强调,“危机”是电信运营商所面临的也深深影响了他们的投资者,债权人,合作伙伴和供应商,即使它强调政府项目的印度巴拉特网和数字使印度成为数字连接。

“重要的是要注意,电信业正在经历一段压力与越来越多的损失,债务,价格战,减少收入和非理性的频谱成本,“调查显示,添加了标记之前的经济调查的情况。

“一个新的进入者已经扰乱了市场与低成本的数据服务和现任球员的收入有所下降。这场危机也严重影响了投资者、债权人,这些电信公司的合作伙伴和供应商,”它补充道。

印度电信行业的新进入者依赖Jio开始提供免费的数据和语音电话于9月5日,2016年,从那时起已经能够获得超过1.6亿用户的用户基础的2017年12月。Jio的计划导致关税现任运营商包括之间的战争Bharti Airtel,沃达丰印度和知道细胞Jio,导致客户加上免费语音通话的免费数据,但侵蚀的老运营商收入。

除了市场的激烈竞争,航空公司称,近30 paise的,他们每挣一卢比支付税和税收的政府,这是一个主要的原因行业7.7十万的卢比的债务。因此,他们想要征税,降低频谱价格急剧下降。目前手机行业在印度雇用超过400万人直接或间接地。

调查补充说,政府正在制定一个新的电信政策(国家结核控制规划),监管和授权框架影响的问题领域,连接,服务质量,易用性和吸收新技术包括做生意5克物联网将会解决。政府计划2018年4月推出的政策,即使它考虑所有利益相关者的观点包括印度电信管理局的建议(火车)。

电信部长Manoj Sinha告诉ET最近的政策也会看一些基本问题与压力相关的部门,没有解决部际集团(IMG)建议给予一次性选择运营商频谱在拍卖买年度支付,目前在16年而不是12年。IMG还建议减少利率处罚。

火车也推荐新的网络中立政策,禁止歧视性关税数据服务,服务提供者在哪里限制进入任何安排,协议或合同,与任何的人,自然或法律,有歧视性待遇基于内容的影响,发送方或接收方、协议或用户设备。政府尚未采取最后呼吁政策,但是部长最近表示,政府的观点是配合的监管机构。

巴拉特网,政府的主要项目之一,旨在连接2.5十万的克panchayats印度通过光纤网络的两个阶段。通过这个网络,e-health等服务,电子,电子政务和电子商务将在未来。

2017年11月,纤维已达到103275克panchayats的铺设238677公里。的光纤电缆。程序的第二阶段的支出为30920卢比,通过高速宽带连接1.5十万的克panchayats,可能是在2019年3月完成。

还读:2018年联邦预算:降低征收最高电信公司的清单

还读:新政策可能减少征税:电信部长

还读:累计征收33%的印度电信运营商施压:德勤
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\"\"NEW DELHI: India’s telecom sector is going through a period of stress owing to growing losses and rising debt, amid heightened competition due to the disruptive entry of Reliance Jio<\/a>, the Economic Survey<\/a> said in its findings on Monday.
\n
\nWhile highlighting reduced revenue and irrational spectrum costs, the survey also underlined that the ‘crisis’ being faced by telcos has also deeply impacted their investors, lenders, partners and vendors, even as it underscored government programs of Bharat Net and Digital India that were enabling India to become digitally connected.
\n
\n“It is important to note that the telecom sector is going through a stress period with growing losses, debt pile, price war, reduced revenue and irrational spectrum costs,” the Survey said, adding that it had flagged the situation in the previous economic survey as well.
\n
\n“A new entrant has disrupted the market with low-cost data services and the revenue of incumbent players has fallen. The crisis has also severely impacted investors, lenders, partners and vendors of these telecom companies,” it added.
\n
The newest entrant in Indian telecom sector Reliance Jio started offering free data and voice calls from September 5, 2016 and since then has been able to garner a subscriber base of more than 160 million users as of December 2017. Jio’s plans lead to a tariff war between incumbent carriers including
Bharti Airtel<\/a>, Vodafone India and Idea Cellular<\/a>, with Jio, which resulted in free voice calls for customers coupled with dollops of free data, but eroded revenue for the older carriers.
\n
Besides the tough competition in the market, carriers have claimed that almost 30 paise of every rupee earned by them is paid as levy and taxes to the government, which is a major reason for the
industry<\/a>’s debt of Rs 7.7 lakh crore. They, therefore, want sharp reduction in levies and lower spectrum prices. The mobile industry in India is currently employing over 4 million people both directly and indirectly.
\n
The survey added that the government was formulating a new telecom policy (
NTP<\/a>), where issues of regulatory and licensing frameworks impacting the sector, connectivity for all, quality of services, ease of doing business and absorption of new technologies including 5G<\/a> and IoT<\/a> will be addressed. The government plans to bring out the policy by April 2018, even as it takes into account views of all stakeholders including recommendations of Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI<\/a>).
\n
\nTelecom Minister Manoj Sinha told ET recently that the policy would also look at some fundamental issues related to stress in the sector, that have not been addressed by the inter-ministerial group (IMG) suggestions to give a one-time option to carriers to make annual payments for spectrum bought in auctions, over 16 years rather than 12 years at present. IMG had also suggested reduction in interest rate on penalties.
\n
\nTrai has also recommended new policy on net neutrality which prohibits discriminatory tariffs for data services, where service providers are restricted from entering into any arrangement, agreement, or contract, with any person, natural or legal, that has the effect of discriminatory treatment based on content, sender or receiver, protocols or user equipment. The government is yet to take a final call on the policy, but the minister recently said that the government’s views were in tandem with those of the regulator.
\n
\nBharat Net, one of the leading projects of the government, is aimed at connecting 2.5 lakh gram panchayats of India through optical fibre network in two phases. Through this network, services such as e-health, e-education, e-governance and e-commerce will be offered in the future.
\n
\nAs on November, 2017, the fibre has reached 103,275 gram panchayats with the laying of 238,677 km. of optical fibre cable. The second phase of the program has an outlay of Rs 30,920 crore that will connect 1.5 lakh gram panchayats through high speed broadband, is likely to be completed by March 2019.
\n
\nALSO READ:
Union Budget 2018: Lower levies top telcos’ wishlist<\/a><\/strong>
\n
\nALSO READ: ​
New policy may cut levies: Telecom Secretary<\/a><\/strong>
\n
\nALSO READ:
Cumulative levies of 33% for Indian telcos putting operators under pressure: Deloitte<\/a><\/strong>\n\n<\/body>","next_sibling":[{"msid":62692445,"title":"OPPO partners Qualcomm to explore 5G tech as it plans to launch 5G devices in 2019<\/b>","entity_type":"ARTICLE","link":"\/news\/oppo-partners-qualcomm-to-explore-5g-tech-as-it-plans-to-launch-5g-devices-in-2019\/62692445","category_name":null,"category_name_seo":"telecomnews"}],"related_content":[],"msid":62693472,"entity_type":"ARTICLE","title":"Economic Survey 2018: Telecom sector going through stress following Jio's disruptive foray","synopsis":"While highlighting reduced revenue and irrational spectrum costs, the survey also underlined that the \u2018crisis\u2019 being faced by telcos has also deeply impacted their investors, lenders, partners, and vendors as well.","titleseo":"telecomnews\/economic-survey-2017-18-telecom-going-through-stress-has-hurt-investors-lenders-vendors","status":"ACTIVE","authors":[],"Alttitle":{"minfo":""},"artag":"ET Bureau","artdate":"2018-01-29 14:02:55","lastupd":"2018-01-29 16:15:09","breadcrumbTags":["Economic survey","TRAI","Huawei","5G","Budget2018","industry","NTP","Bharti Airtel","Reliance Jio","Idea Cellular","IoT"],"secinfo":{"seolocation":"telecomnews\/economic-survey-2017-18-telecom-going-through-stress-has-hurt-investors-lenders-vendors"}}" data-news_link="//www.iser-br.com/news/economic-survey-2017-18-telecom-going-through-stress-has-hurt-investors-lenders-vendors/62693472">