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GSMA主席:电信改革将推动行业发展
“它(改革)提高了该行业的可能性。做生意的便利性真的很重要。我相信政府正在努力保持宽松的监管，加班是一种正确的方法，”GSM协会(GSMA)总干事Mats Granryd告诉ETTelecom。乐动娱乐招聘
“它(改革)提高了该行业的可能性。做生意的便利性真的很重要。我相信政府正在做的是保持宽松的监管，加班是一种正确的方法，”该协会总干事Mats Granryd说GSM协会（GSMA)告诉etel乐动娱乐招聘ecom。
总部位于伦敦的GSMA代表了包括印度在内的750多家电信运营商依赖Jio，Bharti Airtel而且沃达丰的想法．
2021年9月，内阁批准了一系列结构和程序改革，包括频谱使用费(SUC)、银行担保和AGR定义的合理化，不包括非电信收入。此外，频谱持有的期限从20年增加到30年，用于未来的频谱拍卖。
为了进一步消除繁琐的流程，政府简化了部署电信塔的无线电频率分配常设咨询委员会(SACFA)的审批流程，并允许法定会费延期四年，以及允许100%的外国直接投资通过自动路线和无线设备进口的自我申报，以促进做生意的便利。
分析师表示，这项备受追捧的改革改善了电信服务提供商的现金流。
在接下来的第五代或5 g频谱去年7月26日开始，电信运营商积极参与，以1,5017.3亿卢比购买了51,236 MHz的无线电波。亿万富翁穆克什·安巴尼(Mukesh ambani)拥有的Reliance Jio成为最高竞标者，以8807.8亿卢比获得24740 MHz频谱。
去年，该中心修订了RoW规则，并引入了GatiShakti Sanchar门户网站，这是中央和邦政府、地方机构和服务提供商之间的协作机构机制，通过单一接口快速跟踪路权(RoW)流程。
“如果审批过程是7天，而不是几周，情况会有很大的不同。它使生活更容易电信公司只有一个交互窗口。这是一个了不起的举措，”这位高管表示。
周三，印度交通部长阿什维尼·瓦什纳说，所有邦、政府部门和市政机构都已经加入了GatiShakti Sanchar的计划，在近60%的情况下，批准是立即获得的。
Granryd进一步表示，电信公司正在正确地利用频谱，电波应该只分配给移动运营商，而不是卫星或私人网络提供商。
“普遍服务义务(USO)征费应该尽可能低。这个行业现在已经足够成熟，可以有自己的发展。我认为，在一个印度肯定属于的现代世界，政府公司拿钱然后再把钱分配回去是不合适的。”
印度将在未来2-3年内成为主要的电信技术出口国
Vaishnaw周三在首都新德里举行的预算后会议上表示，在全国各地建立100个实验室开发5g驱动的应用程序，将使年轻人能够围绕第五代网络技术构建产品和用例。
USO是一个6000亿卢比的强大国家储备，为农村和偏远地区提供数字连接。电信公司为此贡献了5%的收入。
在被问及印度市场是否可能走向双头垄断时，格兰里德表示，在一个拥有14亿人口的市场中，不存在双头垄断的情况。
“市场规模相当可观，三家运营商都能赚钱。”
此外，他说:“沃达丰创意有机会生存下来，如果改革和政策真的付诸行动，而且暂停的计划实际上得到了遵守，它肯定会蓬勃发展。”
在被问及股权转换问题时，这位高管说:“我知道，这件事发生很重要，拖延或商议没有意义。更重要的是让它发生。”
将财务状况不佳的沃达丰Idea价值约1.7亿卢比的会费转换为政府股权的计划长期以来一直悬而未决。
Granryd进一步表示，油气行业乐于接受印度自力更生的雄心，并为现有运营商提供了更多选择。
印度正在寻求开发国产第四代(4G)技术堆栈，可升级到5G，以减少对电信设备进口的依赖，目前进口占比约90%。
2023年预算:改革税收制度对推动电信行业增长至关重要
“在监管征税方面，我们已要求暂停收取AGR中5%的USO缴款，直到现有的USO语料库(截至2022年10月31日，未使用的盈余为647.74亿卢比)耗尽，许可证费用可能从3%降至1%，以仅支付行政成本。此外，如果总收入(GR)的定义非常清楚地表明，来自被认为是电信活动附带的活动的收入不属于GR，这将是有益的，”Kochhar说。
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<\/figure> NEW DELHI: India's recent policy reforms in the telecom sector have improved opportunities for the industry<\/a>, and the government's ambition to bring in light-touch regulation is the right approach, a top telco group head said.\"It (reforms) has improved possibilities for the industry. Ease of doing business is really important. I believe that the government is doing to keep light-touch regulation that overtime is a right approach,\" Mats Granryd, director general of the GSM Association<\/a> (GSMA<\/a>) told ETTelecom.
London-based GSMA represents more than 750 telecom carriers including India's Reliance Jio<\/a>, Bharti Airtel<\/a> and Vodafone Idea<\/a>.
<\/div><\/div>\"Be it a right-of-way (RoW), successful spectrum auction or adjusted gross revenue (AGR), when we speak to operators in India, by and large, they are happy,\" Granryd said, adding that it's time to put reforms into action.
In September 2021, the Cabinet approved a host of structural and procedural reforms that include rationalisation of spectrum usage charge (SUC), bank guarantees and AGR definition with exclusion of non-telecom revenue. In addition, the tenure of spectrum holdings increased from 20 to 30 years, for future spectrum auctions.
Further to do away with cumbersome processes, the government simplified Standing Advisory Committee on Radio Frequency Allocation (SACFA) clearance process for deploying telecom towers and allowed a moratorium of four years on statutory dues, as well as allowing 100 percent FDI through the automatic route and self-declaration for wireless equipment imports to promote ease of doing business.
The much sought-after reforms improved the cash flows of telecom service providers, according to analysts.
In the following fifth generation or 5G spectrum<\/a> sale, started on July 26, last year, telecom carriers aggressively participated, and purchased 51,236 MHz radiowaves for Rs 1,50, 173-crore. Billionaire Mukesh Ambani-owned Reliance Jio emerged as a top bidder and acquired 24,740 MHz spectrum at Rs 88,078 crore.
In September 2021, the Cabinet approved a host of structural and procedural reforms that include rationalisation of spectrum usage charge (SUC), bank guarantees and AGR definition with exclusion of non-telecom revenue. In addition, the tenure of spectrum holdings increased from 20 to 30 years, for future spectrum auctions.
Further to do away with cumbersome processes, the government simplified Standing Advisory Committee on Radio Frequency Allocation (SACFA) clearance process for deploying telecom towers and allowed a moratorium of four years on statutory dues, as well as allowing 100 percent FDI through the automatic route and self-declaration for wireless equipment imports to promote ease of doing business.
The much sought-after reforms improved the cash flows of telecom service providers, according to analysts.
In the following fifth generation or 5G spectrum<\/a> sale, started on July 26, last year, telecom carriers aggressively participated, and purchased 51,236 MHz radiowaves for Rs 1,50, 173-crore. Billionaire Mukesh Ambani-owned Reliance Jio emerged as a top bidder and acquired 24,740 MHz spectrum at Rs 88,078 crore.
<\/div><\/div>For the first time, Adani Data Networks, a unit of the Adani group, bought 400 MHz of the 26 GHz band (mmWave) across six circles for Rs 212 crore for deploying captive networks across its businesses.
Last year, the Centre amended the RoW rules and introduced GatiShakti Sanchar portal, a collaborative institutional mechanism between Central and state government(s), local bodies, and service providers to fast track right of way (RoW) process through a single interface.
\"RoW makes a huge difference if the approval process is 7 days instead of a few weeks. It makes life easier for telcos<\/a> with a single interaction window. It is a fantastic move,\" the top executive said.
On Wednesday, the minister of Communications Ashwini Vaishnaw said that all states, government departments and municipal bodies have boarded onto GatiShakti Sanchar initiative, and in nearly 60% instances, the approvals come instantaneously.
Granryd further said that spectrum is being utilised properly by telcos, and airwaves should be solely allocated to mobile operators, and not to satellite or private network providers.
\"Universal Service Obligation (USO) levy should be as low as possible. The industry is mature enough now to have its own well being. I don't think, in a modern world in which India certainly belongs, is it appropriate for the government to take money and then distribute it back,\" the executive said.
Last year, the Centre amended the RoW rules and introduced GatiShakti Sanchar portal, a collaborative institutional mechanism between Central and state government(s), local bodies, and service providers to fast track right of way (RoW) process through a single interface.
\"RoW makes a huge difference if the approval process is 7 days instead of a few weeks. It makes life easier for telcos<\/a> with a single interaction window. It is a fantastic move,\" the top executive said.
On Wednesday, the minister of Communications Ashwini Vaishnaw said that all states, government departments and municipal bodies have boarded onto GatiShakti Sanchar initiative, and in nearly 60% instances, the approvals come instantaneously.
Granryd further said that spectrum is being utilised properly by telcos, and airwaves should be solely allocated to mobile operators, and not to satellite or private network providers.
\"Universal Service Obligation (USO) levy should be as low as possible. The industry is mature enough now to have its own well being. I don't think, in a modern world in which India certainly belongs, is it appropriate for the government to take money and then distribute it back,\" the executive said.