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POLICY ON TELECOM REGULATION
MADE BY – Akhil Kapoor – 3064
Snehaj – 3068 Sarin Sio – 3083Yash Pant - 3093
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• 1991-92 – PRIVATE PLAYERS ALLOWED IN TELECOM
• 1994 - NATIONAL TELECOM POLICY FORMULATED • 1997 – TRAI FORMULATED • 1st OCT 2000 – BSNL CREATED AS PSU TO PROVIDE
SERVICES ACROSS INDIA `
THE JOURNEY SO FAR
NTP 1999
• Revenue Generation not main Objective • Importance assigned to TRAI (Telecom Regulatory Authority
Of India)
• Revenue sharing arrangement (15% of Adjusted gross revenue [AGR]) instead of fixed license fee, with effect from August 01, 1999.
• Migration package offered to existing licensees (42 CMTS(Cellular Mobile Telecom Service, 6 Basic)
THE EXPLOSION
Increase In Competition
The Future of Telecom
• Rural Telecommunications
• 3G • VAS – Value Added Services
– Data Transfers – GPS – Custom Downloads– MMS
Growth Of VAS
Rural Telecom
NATIONAL TELECOM POLICY - 2011
SPECTRUM POLICY
• ALL FUTURE SPECTRUM ALLOCATIONS TO BE DONE ON MARKET PRICES.
• SPECTRUM POOLING, SHARING AND TRADING TO BE ALLOWED.
• PREPARE A ROADMAP FOR SPECTRUM AVAILABILITY FOR THE NEXT 5 YEARS.
• FREE 300 MHZ OF AIRWAVES FOR COMMERCIAL TELEPHONY BY 2017.
CONTD…
• RESERVATION OF SPECTRUM FOR INDIGENEOUS DEVELOPMENT OF PRODUCTS AND TECHNOLOGIES.
• ENACTMENT OF THE SPECTRUM ACT TO DEAL WITH ALL THE ISSUES RELATED TO SPECTRUM TRADING AND SPECTRUM IN GENERAL.
• LICENSE TO BE DELINKED FROM SPECTRUM.
MOBILE PERMITS
• FRAMING OF AN EXIT POLICY TO ALLOW NEW ENTRANTS TO SURRENDER THEIR MOBILE PERMITS AND AIRWAVES.
• ALLOWING SHARING OF NETWORKS AND REGULATE VALUE ADDED SERVICES.
• TO PROVIDE CLEAR RULES FOR RENEWAL OF MOBILE PERMITS.
• MOBILE PERMITS TO BE TECHNOLOGY NEUTRAL.
CONTD….
• TO INCREASE RURAL TELE-DENSITY TO FROM 35% TO 60% BY 2017 AND TO 100% BY 2020.
• TO MANUFACTURE 80% OF TELECOM NETWORKS DOMESTICALLY.
• REDUCING CARBON FOOTPRINT OF TELECOM SECTOR.
• FACILITATING USE OF GREEN TECHNOLOGY TO POWER TOWERS.
Broaaaad band
WHAT IT AIMS: TO PROVIDE BROADBAND ON DEMAND BY 2015.
TO ACHIEVE A TARGET OF 175 MILLION BROADBAND USERS BY 2017.
TO PROMOTE R&D & PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT IN TELECOM.
BROADBAND SPEEDS TO BE REVISED TO 512 KBPS AND FURTHER TO 2MBPS BY 2015.
FOR THE AAM AADMI…
• ROAMING CHARGES TO BE ABOLISHED.
• CONSUMERS CAN NOW USE MNP SERVICE EVEN WHEN THEY SHIFT TO A NEW CITY WITHOUT PAYING ROAMING CHARGES.
• STRENGTHENING OF GRIEVANCE REDRESSAL MECHANISM.
• REGULATOR TO ENHANCE CONSUMER AWARENESS ON SERVICES AND TARIFFS.
ETC….
• TO PUT IN PLACE LEGAL,REGULATORY AND LICENSING FRAMEWORK FOR CONVERGENCE OF SERVICES, NETWORKS AND DEVICES.
• MOVE TOWARDS AN UNIFIED LICENSE REGIME THAT ALLOWS OPERATORS TO OFFER ANY SERVICES.
• RELXATION OF M&A NORMS TO ALLOW CONSOLIDATION.
CONTD……..
• PROMOTION OF TRAINING INSTITUTES IN RURAL AND URBAN AREAS & COLLABORATION WITH IIT’S.
• DoT TO LOOK AFTER LICENSING AND SPECTRUM ALLOCATION AND MINISTRY TO FOCUS ON POLICY MAKING.
• CREATION OF TELECOM FINANCE CORPORATION TO FACILITATE INVESTMENT IN THE SECTOR.
To Gain Not to Gain
• THE BIGGEST BENEFIT TO THE CONSUMERS IS THE REMOVAL OF ROAMING CHARGES AND NATIONWIDE MNP.
• HOWEVER THIS MOVE ADVERSELY AFFECTS THE OPERATORS WHO GAIN 5-7%OF THEIR REVENUES FROM ROAMING CHARGES.
• IN THE LONG RUN THOUGH THEY STAND TO GAIN FROM INCREASED VOICE AND DATA USAGE.
CONTD…
• FOR OPERATORS DE-LINKING OF NETWORKS FROM SERVICE DELIVERY WILL ENABLE QUICKER ROLL OUT OF SERVICES.
• NETWORK SHARING WILL REDUCE ENTRY BARRIERS AS NEW PLAYERS NEED NOT INVEST IN NETWORK BUILDING.
• EXISTING OPERATORS CAN ENHANCE REVENUE BY UTLISING THEIR NETWORK ASSETS.
CONTD….
• THE PROPOSAL OF SPECTRUM BEING TRADED ON MARKET PRICE MIGHT DRIVE UP THE COST OF SPECTRUM.
• THIS COST COULD BE PASSED ON TO THE CONSUMERS IN TERMS OF INCREASED TARIFFS.
• SPECTRUM SHARING HOLDS WELL FOR THE ENTIRE INDUSTRY AND ENSURES OPTIMAL UTILIZATION OF THE SPECTRUM.
CONTD…
• DESPITE BEING A HIGH GROWTH MARKET, TELECOM LAGS BEHIND IN CREATION OF IPR.
• BY PROMOTING DOMESTIC MANUFACTURING SECTOR THIS SCENARIO MIGHT CHANGE.
• ACCORDING TO TRAI ESTIMATE IN LAST 5 YEARS TELECOM IMPORT GREW BY 24TIMES WHILE EXPORTS BY ONLY 7 TIMES.
• INCREASING DOMESTIC PRODUCTION CAN HELP CHANGE THE TREND AND ALSO GENERATE EMPLOYMENT.
CONTD…
• CONVERGED SERVICES WILL BRING NEW USERS ACROSS URBAN AND RURAL AREAS.
• THIS IS EXPECTED TO DRIVE END USER DEVICE DEVELOPMENT AND REDUCE PRICES.
• SUBSCRIBERS CAN LOOK FORWARD TO QUALITY VERNACULAR CONTENT.
• MOBILE DEVICE WILL BRIDGE THE DIVIDE IN ACCESS TO EDUCATION, HEALTH & GOVERNANCE.
PuLLing Down….
• HOWEVER THE PROPOSED SPECTRUM ACT HASN’T BEEN ELABORATED IN THE DRAFT.
• IMPLEMENTATION OF KEY REGULATION CONTROLS DEPEND UPON THE SPECTRUM ACT.
• THE DRAFT IS ALSO SILENT ON THE EXISTING 2G SPECTRUM AND HOW IT WLL BE TREATED UNDER THE NEW LICENSE FRAMEWORK.
CONTD…
• THE DETAILS REGARDING THE M&A POLICY IS STILL UNCLEAR.
• THE DRAFT POLICY ENSURES EASY EXIT POINTS FOR NEW PLAYERS.
• M&A CAN HELP CONSOLIDATE THE CROWDED TELECOM MARKET BUT WITH MORE DEFINITE GUIDELINES.
Wake up Bodyguard lovely singh…
• THE DRAFT HIGHLIGHTS THE IDEA OF CONVERGENCE OF TECHNOLOGIES.
• HOWEVER SECURITY CONCERNS RELATED TO EXISTING PUBLIC SWITCHED TELECOM NETWORK HAS NOT BEEN PROPERLY ADDRESSED.
• THE DRAFT ALSO NEEDS TO FOCUS MORE ON EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES.
The Household fight…
• THE POLICY SHOULD LAY DOWN ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF VARIOUS REGULATORY AGENCIES.
• A STRONG COMPILANCE AND MONITORING AGENCY IS REQUIRED TO CONSTANTLY PERCEIVE THREATS.
• WAR BETWEEN DOT, TRAI & MR. OUTSIDER- TDSAT.
• THE TELECOM POLICY SHOULD ALSO CONSIDER IMPLEMENTING A REGULATORY BODY TO MANAGE COMMUNICATION INFRASTRUCTURE DURING EMERGENCIES.
Election speeches & promises…
• THE PROPOSAL OF 80% OF TELECOM’S SECTOR DEMAND TO BE MET DOMESTICALLY IS DIFFICULT TO BE IMPLEMENTED IN ABSENCE OF A SUPPLY CHAIN.
• NEW BROADBAND SPEEDS THOUGH PROMISING BUT STILL LOW WHEN COMPARED TO OTHER NATIONS.
• MORE CLARITY IS REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN THE PRESENT TAX STRUCTURE ON MOBILE HANDSETS UNDER THE UPCOMING GST REGIME.
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