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\nDescribing the new National Telecom Policy as a step in the right direction, Emanuela Lecchi, Head of Public Policy— APAC, GSMA, told ET that India could be a role model for many countries which could replicate local developments. London-based GSMA represents more than 800 telecom service providers worldwide including India’s Bharti Airtel, Vodafone India, Idea Cellular and new comer Reliance Jio Infocomm.
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\n“The National Telecom Policy involves several aspects coming together, and the government is taking a step in right direction,” Lecchi said.
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The government is aiming to come out with the National Telecom Policy 2018<\/a> by March next year with due consideration of rapid technological advancement and special attention to satellite broadband that could lead to digital empowerment of 1.3 billion Indians in the wake of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ambitious Digital India program.
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\nLecchi also wants the DoT to release a spectrum roadmap ahead of the next auctions, which make it easier for carriers to chalk out their individual strategies for radio-waves sale.
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\n“Industry is at difficulty in terms of erosion of revenue, and operators will not be able to take out lot of amount for spectrum buyout in a shorter term,” Lecchi said, adding that it was important to create equal conditions for competition.
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\nThe disruptive foray of billionaire Mukesh Ambani-owned Reliance Jio, on the back of freebies, in September 2016 has led to huge financial pressure on older telcos and have led to rapid consolidation marked by the exits of smaller telcos like Telenor, Tata Teleservices and Reliance Communications. The consolidation has left market leader Bharti Airtel, No. 2 and 3 Vodafone India and Idea Celullar who are merging their operations, and Reliance Jio as the remaining major private players.
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\n“Consolidation is good for India that will help players to focus on wider network. Fragmented networks have always been a difficult preposition and that too with such gigantic projects such as Digital India,” Lecchi said.
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\nOther major issues vexing the industry include multiplicity of taxes, levies, including high USO (Universal Service Obligation) charge, a kitty used for the development of rural projects by the government, and adhoc levying of penalties, said Lecchi.
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\nThe ‘ease of doing business’ proposal by telecom watchdog Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) would tackle a number of such issues, said Lecchi, adding that the government is aware of the issues.
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\nIn November this year, Trai has proposed ways to facilitate ease of doing business with easier penalty norms, besides proposing rules which would ease M&As and allow easier exits of operators. The regulator’s recommendations are pending with the telecom department.<\/body>","next_sibling":[{"msid":62315390,"title":"Hackers can guess PINs using your smartphone's sensor data","entity_type":"ARTICLE","link":"\/news\/hackers-can-guess-pins-using-your-smartphones-sensor-data\/62315390","category_name":null,"category_name_seo":"telecomnews"}],"related_content":[],"msid":62315531,"entity_type":"ARTICLE","title":"Telecom Policy 2018: GSMA bats for reduction of multiple levies","synopsis":"\u201cThe National Telecom Policy involves several aspects coming together, and the government is taking a step in right direction,\u201d Lecchi said.","titleseo":"telecomnews\/telecom-policy-2018-gsma-bats-for-reduction-of-multiple-levies","status":"ACTIVE","authors":[{"author_name":"Muntazir Abbas","author_link":"\/author\/479234376\/muntazir-abbas","author_image":"https:\/\/etimg.etb2bimg.com\/authorthumb\/479234376.cms?width=100&height=100&hostid=268","author_additional":{"thumbsize":true,"msid":479234376,"author_name":"Muntazir Abbas","author_seo_name":"muntazir-abbas","designation":"Editor","agency":false}}],"Alttitle":{"minfo":""},"artag":"ETTelecom","artdate":"2017-12-31 21:00:30","lastupd":"2017-12-31 21:00:30","breadcrumbTags":["national telecom policy 2018","USO","DoT","Telecom","NTP","policy"],"secinfo":{"seolocation":"telecomnews\/telecom-policy-2018-gsma-bats-for-reduction-of-multiple-levies"}}" data-authors="[" muntazir abbas"]" data-category-name="" data-category_id="" data-date="2017-12-31" data-index="article_1">
新德里:GSM协会,代表全球约800家航空公司的利益,预计,印度电信部(点)减少多个捐税包括普遍服务义务(USO)在其新的收费电信
政策,除了推出光谱销售路线图。
描述新国家电信政策正确方向的一步,Emanuela Lecchi,公共政策主管——亚太地区,GSMA告诉ET,印度可能是许多国家可以复制本地发展的楷模。伦敦GSMA代表全世界有超过800的电信运营商,包括印度Bharti Airtel,沃达丰印度、细胞和新来的依赖Jio Infocomm。
“全国电信政策涉及几个方面一起,和政府正在采取正确的方向迈出的一步,”Lecchi说。
政府的目标是带了出来国家电信政策2018明年3月前考虑到快速的技术进步和特别注意卫星宽带数字授权,可能导致13亿年印第安人后,总理纳伦德拉•莫迪数字印度雄心勃勃的计划。
Lecchi还希望点提前发布一个频谱路线图接下来的拍卖,这使得运营商更容易用粉笔画出各自的无线电波销售策略。
“行业收入流失方面的困难,和运营商将无法拿出很多量谱并购在短期内,“Lecchi说,补充说,这是重要的创造平等的竞争条件。
亿万富翁穆克什Jio Ambani-owned依赖的颠覆性变革,免费的,2016年9月大电信公司导致了巨大的财务压力,导致快速整合的出口的小电信公司Telenor,塔塔电信业务和通信的依赖。整合了市场领导者Bharti Airtel 2和3号沃达丰印度和想法Celullar合并业务,和信实Jio其余主要私人的球员。
“整合有利于印度,这将帮助玩家关注更广泛的网络。分散的网络也一直是一个艰难的介词,如此巨大的数字印度等项目,”Lecchi说。
其他重大问题棘手的行业包括多种税,征税,包括高USO(普遍服务义务),一笔资金用于农村政府项目的发展,和特别的征收罚款,Lecchi说。
“经商”提议由电信监管机构印度电信管理局(火车)解决此类问题,Lecchi表示,政府意识到这个问题。
今年11月,火车已提议的方法容易和更容易做生意处罚标准,除了提出规则将缓解并购,并允许更容易退出的操作符。监管机构的建议是等待与电信部门。
描述新国家电信政策正确方向的一步,Emanuela Lecchi,公共政策主管——亚太地区,GSMA告诉ET,印度可能是许多国家可以复制本地发展的楷模。伦敦GSMA代表全世界有超过800的电信运营商,包括印度Bharti Airtel,沃达丰印度、细胞和新来的依赖Jio Infocomm。
“全国电信政策涉及几个方面一起,和政府正在采取正确的方向迈出的一步,”Lecchi说。
政府的目标是带了出来国家电信政策2018明年3月前考虑到快速的技术进步和特别注意卫星宽带数字授权,可能导致13亿年印第安人后,总理纳伦德拉•莫迪数字印度雄心勃勃的计划。
Lecchi还希望点提前发布一个频谱路线图接下来的拍卖,这使得运营商更容易用粉笔画出各自的无线电波销售策略。
“行业收入流失方面的困难,和运营商将无法拿出很多量谱并购在短期内,“Lecchi说,补充说,这是重要的创造平等的竞争条件。
亿万富翁穆克什Jio Ambani-owned依赖的颠覆性变革,免费的,2016年9月大电信公司导致了巨大的财务压力,导致快速整合的出口的小电信公司Telenor,塔塔电信业务和通信的依赖。整合了市场领导者Bharti Airtel 2和3号沃达丰印度和想法Celullar合并业务,和信实Jio其余主要私人的球员。
“整合有利于印度,这将帮助玩家关注更广泛的网络。分散的网络也一直是一个艰难的介词,如此巨大的数字印度等项目,”Lecchi说。
其他重大问题棘手的行业包括多种税,征税,包括高USO(普遍服务义务),一笔资金用于农村政府项目的发展,和特别的征收罚款,Lecchi说。
“经商”提议由电信监管机构印度电信管理局(火车)解决此类问题,Lecchi表示,政府意识到这个问题。
今年11月,火车已提议的方法容易和更容易做生意处罚标准,除了提出规则将缓解并购,并允许更容易退出的操作符。监管机构的建议是等待与电信部门。
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