$\"\"$ By Kalyan Prabhat, ET Bureau
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NEW DELHI: The government’s ambitious plans to extend mobile<\/a> connectivity to some 57,000 uncovered villages across India has hit a roadblock with the Telecom Commission<\/a> advocating a truncated rollout to only 9,190 such villages in the Northeast in the immediate term.
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The Telecom Commission, which is the highest decision-making wing in the communications ministry, has mandated state-owned Telecom Consultants India Ltd<\/a> (TCIL) to prepare a detailed project report on the costs involved in extending such mobile connectivity in the Northeast, a senior telecom department (DoT) official told ET.
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After TCIL’s report is approved, the commission will move a Cabinet note for final approval. The TC decision comes on the heels of sector regulator, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India<\/a>’s recent call for a near Rs2,918-crore capex infusion for revamping telecom networks<\/a> across the northeastern states.
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More so, since the government is keen to speed up offering both 2G and 3G services in uncovered villages on security grounds since many are in far flung, inhospitable zones near the Chinese and Bangladesh<\/a> borders. TCIL will work closely with Trai and is likely to suggest phased rollout of mobile services in such remote, uncovered regions with population in excess 100, 250 and 500, respectively.
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“Extending mobile coverage to the remaining 48,000-odd uncovered villages in the rest<\/a> of India will be considered only after the telecom department has a fix on how many of these are actually habituated. At present, that data is only available in the Northeast based on Trai findings,” the official quoted above said.
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\nAccordingly, the telecom department is not ruling out an overhaul of project cost estimates of the pan-India mobile connectivity venture in uncovered regions, since uninhabited villages will be dropped from the target list.
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\nThe government’s telecom technology arm, Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DoT), had originally pegged the original project cost at Rs4,900 crore for provisioning mobile coverage in 56,397 villages. Subsequently, a DoT panel scaled down costs to Rs3,800 crore, by drawing up a priority list of 42,311 villages currently outside the cellular loop.
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\nThis panel had also warned that India’s bid to refarm spectrum, starting with airwaves in the 900 MHz band, could increase the final cost of extending mobile coverage to uncovered villages.
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So much so, it had called for modification in the tendering norms to ensure any future cost escalations triggered by spectrum refarming rules are shouldered by the mobile operators, and not the Universal Services Obligation Fund<\/a>, an independent telecom department arm that subsidises rural<\/a> telecom infrastructure rollouts. \n<\/body>","next_sibling":[{"msid":26828509,"title":"Vodafone, Idea, BSNL, Aircel lead in billing disputes, says Trai","entity_type":"ARTICLE","link":"\/news\/policy\/vodafone-idea-bsnl-aircel-lead-in-billing-disputes-says-trai\/26828509","category_name":null,"category_name_seo":"policy"}],"related_content":[],"msid":26829201,"entity_type":"ARTICLE","title":"Government\u2019s rural mobile connectivity plan hits roadblock","synopsis":"The government\u2019s ambitious plans to extend mobile connectivity to some 57,000 uncovered villages across India has hit a roadblock. The Telecom Commission advocates a truncated rollout to only 9,190 such villages in the Northeast in the immediate term.","titleseo":"policy\/governments-rural-mobile-connectivity-plan-hits-roadblock","status":"ACTIVE","authors":[{"author_name":"Kalyan Parbat","author_link":"\/author\/4437\/kalyan-parbat","author_image":"https:\/\/etimg.etb2bimg.com\/authorthumb\/4437.cms?width=100&height=100&hostid=268","author_additional":{"thumbsize":true,"msid":4437,"author_name":"Kalyan Parbat","author_seo_name":"kalyan-parbat","designation":"Assistant Telecom Editor at the Level of Senior Assistant Editor","agency":false}}],"Alttitle":{"minfo":""},"artag":"ET Bureau","artdate":"2013-12-04 04:42:51","lastupd":"2013-12-04 09:21:59","breadcrumbTags":["Telecom Regulatory Authority of India","Telecom Commission","Telecom Consultants India Ltd","Bangladesh","policy","Networks","Universal Services Obligation Fund","the rest","Rural","mobile"],"secinfo":{"seolocation":"policy\/governments-rural-mobile-connectivity-plan-hits-roadblock"}}" data-authors="[" kalyan parbat"]" data-category-name="Policy" data-category_id="19" data-date="2013-12-04" data-index="article_1">

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政府的农村移动连接计划打击路障

政府的雄心勃勃的计划延长移动连接57000发现村庄在印度遇到了障碍。电信委员会主张截断推广只有9190这样的村庄在东北在短期内。

Kalyan尔巴特,
等局

更新2013年12月4日09:21点坚持

由Kalyan Prabhat等

新德里:政府的雄心勃勃的扩展计划移动连接57000发现村庄在印度遭遇一个路障电信委员会提倡截断推广只有9190这样的村庄在东北在短期内。

电信委员会的最高决策翼通信,已经强制国有印度电信顾问有限公司(TCIL)准备一个详细的项目报告中所涉及的成本扩大这种移动连接在东北,电信部门(点)一位高级官员告诉等。

TCIL的报告被批准后,该委员会将内阁注意最终批准。行业监管机构的TC的决定之前,印度电信管理部门附近的最近呼吁Rs2,918-crore改进电信资本注入网络在美国东北部。

更是如此,因为政府希望加快提供2 g和3 g服务发现村庄以安全为由因为许多遥远,中国和附近的荒凉地带孟加拉国边界。TCIL将与火车密切合作,可能会建议分阶段推出移动服务在这种偏远,发现地区人口超过100,250年和500年,分别。

“移动电话覆盖范围扩展到剩下的48000多个村庄发现其余的印度将被认为只有在电信部门对如何修复这些实际上是习惯。目前,数据只能在东北基于火车发现,”这位官员引用上面说。

因此,电信部门并不排除全面改革的项目成本估算pan-India移动连接发现地区的风险,因为无人居住的村庄将被删除从目标列表。

政府的电信技术的手臂,远程信息技术开发中心(C-DoT),原本挂钩项目最初的成本在Rs4,900卢比的配置移动覆盖56397个村庄。随后,点板按比例缩小成本Rs3,800卢比,制定优先级列表的42311个村庄目前在细胞外循环。

这个小组还警告说,印度为了refarm谱,从电视广播在900 MHz频带,可以增加移动范围扩展至发现村庄的最终成本。

如此,它已经呼吁修改招标规范,以确保未来的升级成本引发的频谱refarming规则是由移动运营商、承担的,而不是普遍服务义务基金,一个独立的电信部门补贴的手臂农村电信基础设施交付)。

发布于2013年12月4日上午04:42坚持

$\"\"$ By Kalyan Prabhat, ET Bureau
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NEW DELHI: The government’s ambitious plans to extend mobile<\/a> connectivity to some 57,000 uncovered villages across India has hit a roadblock with the Telecom Commission<\/a> advocating a truncated rollout to only 9,190 such villages in the Northeast in the immediate term.
\n
The Telecom Commission, which is the highest decision-making wing in the communications ministry, has mandated state-owned Telecom Consultants India Ltd<\/a> (TCIL) to prepare a detailed project report on the costs involved in extending such mobile connectivity in the Northeast, a senior telecom department (DoT) official told ET.
\n
After TCIL’s report is approved, the commission will move a Cabinet note for final approval. The TC decision comes on the heels of sector regulator, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India<\/a>’s recent call for a near Rs2,918-crore capex infusion for revamping telecom networks<\/a> across the northeastern states.
\n
More so, since the government is keen to speed up offering both 2G and 3G services in uncovered villages on security grounds since many are in far flung, inhospitable zones near the Chinese and Bangladesh<\/a> borders. TCIL will work closely with Trai and is likely to suggest phased rollout of mobile services in such remote, uncovered regions with population in excess 100, 250 and 500, respectively.
\n
“Extending mobile coverage to the remaining 48,000-odd uncovered villages in the rest<\/a> of India will be considered only after the telecom department has a fix on how many of these are actually habituated. At present, that data is only available in the Northeast based on Trai findings,” the official quoted above said.
\n
\nAccordingly, the telecom department is not ruling out an overhaul of project cost estimates of the pan-India mobile connectivity venture in uncovered regions, since uninhabited villages will be dropped from the target list.
\n
\nThe government’s telecom technology arm, Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DoT), had originally pegged the original project cost at Rs4,900 crore for provisioning mobile coverage in 56,397 villages. Subsequently, a DoT panel scaled down costs to Rs3,800 crore, by drawing up a priority list of 42,311 villages currently outside the cellular loop.
\n
\nThis panel had also warned that India’s bid to refarm spectrum, starting with airwaves in the 900 MHz band, could increase the final cost of extending mobile coverage to uncovered villages.
\n
So much so, it had called for modification in the tendering norms to ensure any future cost escalations triggered by spectrum refarming rules are shouldered by the mobile operators, and not the Universal Services Obligation Fund<\/a>, an independent telecom department arm that subsidises rural<\/a> telecom infrastructure rollouts. \n<\/body>","next_sibling":[{"msid":26828509,"title":"Vodafone, Idea, BSNL, Aircel lead in billing disputes, says Trai","entity_type":"ARTICLE","link":"\/news\/policy\/vodafone-idea-bsnl-aircel-lead-in-billing-disputes-says-trai\/26828509","category_name":null,"category_name_seo":"policy"}],"related_content":[],"msid":26829201,"entity_type":"ARTICLE","title":"Government\u2019s rural mobile connectivity plan hits roadblock","synopsis":"The government\u2019s ambitious plans to extend mobile connectivity to some 57,000 uncovered villages across India has hit a roadblock. The Telecom Commission advocates a truncated rollout to only 9,190 such villages in the Northeast in the immediate term.","titleseo":"policy\/governments-rural-mobile-connectivity-plan-hits-roadblock","status":"ACTIVE","authors":[{"author_name":"Kalyan Parbat","author_link":"\/author\/4437\/kalyan-parbat","author_image":"https:\/\/etimg.etb2bimg.com\/authorthumb\/4437.cms?width=100&height=100&hostid=268","author_additional":{"thumbsize":true,"msid":4437,"author_name":"Kalyan Parbat","author_seo_name":"kalyan-parbat","designation":"Assistant Telecom Editor at the Level of Senior Assistant Editor","agency":false}}],"Alttitle":{"minfo":""},"artag":"ET Bureau","artdate":"2013-12-04 04:42:51","lastupd":"2013-12-04 09:21:59","breadcrumbTags":["Telecom Regulatory Authority of India","Telecom Commission","Telecom Consultants India Ltd","Bangladesh","policy","Networks","Universal Services Obligation Fund","the rest","Rural","mobile"],"secinfo":{"seolocation":"policy\/governments-rural-mobile-connectivity-plan-hits-roadblock"}}" data-news_link="//www.iser-br.com/news/policy/governments-rural-mobile-connectivity-plan-hits-roadblock/26829201">

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