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For starters, the boiling issues of reviewing of levies and fees such as license fee, spectrum usage charges (SUC) and defining what does the government mean by adjusted gross revenue (AGR), will have to be taken up, said industry executives. These issues have also been highlighted in the National Digital Communications Policy<\/a> (NDCP<\/a>), the fast implementation of which will also be a key milestone for the new government to achieve.
“Reducing the high tax burden on telcos - a sector that is taxed between 29% and 33% of revenue- and encouraging investments in broadband infrastructure, are among other key demands of the beleaguered industry” reeling under debt of more than Rs 7 lakh crore, said Rajan Mathews<\/a>, director general of Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI<\/a>). The industry group represents all the three major Indian telcos Vodafone Idea, Bharti Airtel and Reliance Jio Infocomm.
Despite the pressures on profits and revenues, telcos must pay up for buying spectrum or airwaves to ensure smooth communications - over voice and now increasingly over video. However, the new government will have to balance the demand for lowering spectrum base prices and allocating spectrum at the right price to ensure no loss to the exchequer. At the same time, it will have to ensure that there's adequate spectrum being put up for sale at every auction.
The issue of levying blanket penalties on erring telcos would also require a relook, as per industry executives. A decision on levying a collective penalty of Rs 3050 crore on Airtel, Idea and Vodafone for flouting license norms, is also pending with the ministry.
The new ministry will have another demand of making telecom sector an essential and critical services sector, something that the previous government has believed in as well but has been unable to put into action.
In the medium term, the new government would need to think of taking fibre to a lot more towers than at present. India's fibre connectivity to towers stands at 20-25%, far lower than say in Singapore or China where its three times that. Taking fibre to the tower will provide high network capacity and enable telcos to offer 5G<\/a> services in the future.
Creation of a national digital grid by establishing a national fibre authority would allow the government to implement the policy level plans on the ground.
With the industry coming down to just three players barring state run carriers, the telcos' demand to review mergers and acquisition rules may not hold much ground in today's context. However, for the future growth of the sector - as and when new players come - it must lay down a process to reform the rules to enable simplification and fast tracking of approvals.
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首先,沸腾的问题审查征收执照费等费用,频谱使用费用(往下)和定义政府是什么意思,调整后的总收益(AGR),必须,业内高管说。这些问题也一直在强调国家数字通信政策(NDCP),快速的实现也将对新政府的一个关键里程碑。
“减少高税负电信公司——行业征税29%至33%的收入——在宽带基础设施,并鼓励投资,其他陷入困境的关键要求行业“饱受债务超过7十万的卢比,说Rajan马修斯印度手机运营商协会总干事COAI)。印度工业集团代表所有三大电信运营商沃达丰的想法,Bharti Airtel和信实Jio Infocomm。
尽管利润和收入的压力,电信公司必须支付购买频谱或电波来确保通信,语音,现在越来越多的视频。然而,新的政府将不得不平衡的需求降低频谱基础价格和分配频谱以合适的价格,以确保没有输给大臣。与此同时,它必须确保有足够的频谱在每一个拍卖会上被拍卖。
征收毯子惩罚犯错的问题电信公司也需要重新,按照业内高管。决定征收集体罚款3050卢比的旅馆,想法和沃达丰藐视许可规范,也等待。
新部门将有另一个需求的电信部门一个重要和关键服务部门,上届政府的东西也相信但一直未能付诸行动。
在中期内,新政府需要认为的纤维比目前更多的塔。印度的纤维连接塔楼高达20 - 25%,远低于在新加坡或中国的三倍。采取纤维塔将提供高网络容量,使电信公司提供5克服务在未来。
建立一个国家数字网格通过建立国家纤维管理局将允许政府实施政策层面计划在地上。
与业界下来只有三名球员除非国有运营商,电信公司的需求审查并购规则可能没有太大的地面在今天的上下文。然而,对于该行业的未来发展,新球员——它必须躺下一个过程来改革的规则,使简化和快速跟踪的批准。
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