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Revamp Telecom Sector & Revive The Economy
- October 11, 2017
Share infrastructure and spectrum, and adopt revenue-sharing for growth. There’s little doubt our economy is facing a slough of problems, including misdirection and loss of momentum.
Read more →A New Telecom Policy That Works
- September 12, 2017
A sound NTP-2018 requires sustainable, integrated policies that address our realities.
Read more →Broadband Reforms for Local Manufacturing
- July 05, 2017
Broadband in India needs reforms for local manufacturing and for infrastructure expansion and utilisation.
Read more →Policies to Sustain India's Market
- May 20, 2017
The question is whether policies can be better framed to harness the market potential. Why is so much investment flowing into India's securities markets?
Read more →Organisational Hurdles in Telecom
- April 04, 2017
The mobile telephony sector has not just plateaued but begun a downward spiral, with revenues dropping for the first time in a decade after Reliance Jio’s entry, by about 20 per cent. Considering the staggering government collections of around Rs 3,00,000 crore by way of charges and taxes over the past decade from investments of about Rs 2,00,000 crore, it would appear that the sector has paid too dearly.
Read more →A Pathfinding Approach for Digital India
- March 03, 2017
It's not only the installation of the OFC, but of ensuring quality and reliability.
Read more →Cashlessness Needs Connectivity
- February 02, 2017
And connectivity needs political and administrative convergence. This new year brings with it uncertainties amidst the push for cashlessness. Without going into the demerits or otherwise, some clarity on a road map to go forward from where we are might help with realistic planning to manage our way out of this situation.
Read more →CIS Submission to TRAI Consultation Note on Model for Nation-wide Interoperable and Scalable Public Wi-Fi Networks
- December 10, 2016
This submission presents responses by the CIS on the Consultation Note on Model for Nation-wide Interoperable and Scalable Public Wi-Fi Networks published by the TRAI on November 15, 2016. Our analysis of the solution proposed in the Note, in brief, is that there is no need of a solution for non-existing interoperability problem for authentication and payment services for accessing public Wi-Fi networks. The proposed solution in this Note only adds to over-regulation in this sector, and does not incentivise new investment in the sector, but only establishes UIDAI and NPCI as the monopoly service providers for authentication and payment services.
Read more →A Market Structure for Digital India
- October 10, 2016
If delivery is priced below cost, communications services will be unsustainable and ineffective. The stress in the telecom sector is evident from the data. The market capitalisation of listed telecom operators has been stagnant since the 3G auction in 2010, while the government collected Rs 2.83 lakh crore of non-tax charges from them.
Read more →Digital India Needs These Policy Changes
- October 02, 2016
Appropriate policies will increase connectivity much more than spectrum auctions.
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