The regulator stated India was ranked at 113th within the Wi-Fi or cellular broadband phase. As per newest Trai knowledge, there have been about 8 crore subscribers utilizing broadband by their cell phones or dongles.
“India is 114th in terms of ‘ICT access, ICT use and ICT skills.” “India ranks 125th for fixed broadband penetration.” We seriously need to think about it,” Trai said. This issue needs to be resolved otherwise who will lay fibre, ” Trai Chairman Rahul Khullar said. If BB could be effectively extended in areas where optical fibre cable is presently existing, the subscription figures would be much higher,” TRAI said.
Civic authorities have imposed stringent punishment on the erection of towers. However, the Department of Telecom has not come out with any plans to do so yet.
The telecom regulator has also urged the government to review reforming. Private players, on the other hand, bring efficiencies resulting from devising practical and commercially viable approaches.
The recommendation re-iterates that there is a transparency issue in allocating spectrum. The structure needs immediate overhaul.
“The Government brings legitimacy and facilitates economies of scale.” Spectrum availability in India is 40 per cent compared to foreign countries. This will ensure rapid development of national networks. This ought to be a public priority and must be undertaken within three months.
It pointed towards RoW for speedy broadband penetration with single window clearance at all the level of states and the central government as reported by FE on April 8. “Single-window clearance should be administered online with a defined turnaround time.” The reasons for denial of RoW permission should be recorded in writing.
There is a need for enunciating a National Right of Way Policy to ensure uniformity in costs and processes. The award of EPC (turnkey) contracts by BBNL to private parties through international competitive bidding needs to be planned.
In February, Trai removed interconnection charges that a land line service provider has to pay to other operators for completing calls. Extensive consumer awareness and education programmes should be organised so that consumers fully understand the latest scientific information on EMF radiation and its potential impact on health.
TRAI recommendations on broadband include: Institutional revamping, aligning spectrum bands, single window clearance for RoW, private-sector involvement in NOFN, single window clearances for towers, private-sector involvement in NOFN, promote fixed-line broadband, promote CATV, restructuring in satellite, hosting of content in India and universal adoption. The infrastructure of PSUs is lying unutilized, and thus they should be mandated to unbundled their network and allow sharing of outside plant (OSP). Furthermore, they will no longer have to wait for bids to get more spectrums. Quarterly timelines should be prescribed for each milestone to ensure timely corrective measures. It wants BBNL to be professionally managed.
It has asked the government to take a decision on 700 Mhz band, which is the best spectrum frequency for wireless telecom services within three months so that details of its auction can be worked out. The telecom operator has expressed concerns over the government delaying guidelines on sharing and spectrum trading, which could lead to efficient use of the spectrum.
Governments, both Central and State shall have to act as model users and anchor tenants through delivery of e-Government services, including e-education, e-governance, m-health, m-banking and other such services.
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India will propose 10 point recommendations upon broadband. Government schools in the rural and remote areas can be provided a subsidy from the USOF for broadband connectivity. TSPs may be allowed to offer CPE bundled tariff schemes.
These include an incentive to operators of fixed-line broadband networks in the form of an exemption from paying a fee on the revenue they earn for five years.
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Quelle/Source: Rapid News Network, 20.04.2015
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