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<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>NEW DELHI: The Virtual Network Operators Association of India<\/a> (VNOAI<\/a>) said that the Centre while making the new Telecom Act<\/a>, should look at the business continuity of virtual carriers, which is critical for enabling healthy competition in the telecom sector and better service delivery for consumers.

“We hope that the new Telecom Act, the government will take care of the service delivery and reseller model (VNO) which is important for the healthy competition for consumers in the current duopoly market,” former Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (
BSNL<\/a>) Chairman, and Director General, VNOAI Rakesh Kumar Upadhyaya said.

The Prime Minister Narendra Modi government aims to replace the Indian Telegraph Act, 1885, the Wireless Telegraphy Act, 1933 and the Telegraph Wires (Unlawful Possession) Act, 1950 with a uniform
Indian Telecommunications Act<\/a>, likely by next year.

The VNO body expects that the new law would discourage the application of adjusted gross revenue (AGR) for firms which are relatively smaller and only involved in reselling of voice and data packs from the telecom service providers.

Upadhyaya further said that the government should handhold the virtual network operators and the telecom department (
DoT<\/a>) should allow licenses for a 10-year term.

Mobile virtual network operators or
MVNO<\/a> is a reseller or distributor who purchases bulk voice and data from a telecom service provider, and resells under its own local brand, allowing mobile operators to further utilise their network capacities.
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Trai recommends using defence optical fibre for telecom coverage in far-flung areas of Himachal<\/a><\/h2>

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) in its recommendations on \"improving telecom connectivity and infrastructure in far-flung areas of Himachal Pradesh\" suggested that the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) should take up with the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for allocation of one or two pairs of OFC on NFS network for extending telecom coverage (including broadband services) to the villages located in far-flung or border areas in the state under BharatNet project.<\/p><\/div>


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<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>NEW DELHI: The Virtual Network Operators Association of India<\/a> (VNOAI<\/a>) said that the Centre while making the new Telecom Act<\/a>, should look at the business continuity of virtual carriers, which is critical for enabling healthy competition in the telecom sector and better service delivery for consumers.

“We hope that the new Telecom Act, the government will take care of the service delivery and reseller model (VNO) which is important for the healthy competition for consumers in the current duopoly market,” former Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (
BSNL<\/a>) Chairman, and Director General, VNOAI Rakesh Kumar Upadhyaya said.

The Prime Minister Narendra Modi government aims to replace the Indian Telegraph Act, 1885, the Wireless Telegraphy Act, 1933 and the Telegraph Wires (Unlawful Possession) Act, 1950 with a uniform
Indian Telecommunications Act<\/a>, likely by next year.

The VNO body expects that the new law would discourage the application of adjusted gross revenue (AGR) for firms which are relatively smaller and only involved in reselling of voice and data packs from the telecom service providers.

Upadhyaya further said that the government should handhold the virtual network operators and the telecom department (
DoT<\/a>) should allow licenses for a 10-year term.

Mobile virtual network operators or
MVNO<\/a> is a reseller or distributor who purchases bulk voice and data from a telecom service provider, and resells under its own local brand, allowing mobile operators to further utilise their network capacities.
\"Trai<\/a><\/figure>

Trai recommends using defence optical fibre for telecom coverage in far-flung areas of Himachal<\/a><\/h2>

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) in its recommendations on \"improving telecom connectivity and infrastructure in far-flung areas of Himachal Pradesh\" suggested that the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) should take up with the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for allocation of one or two pairs of OFC on NFS network for extending telecom coverage (including broadband services) to the villages located in far-flung or border areas in the state under BharatNet project.<\/p><\/div>