SME Times News Bureau | 12 Jul, 2018
The Telecom Commission on Wednesday approved the new telecom policy and
the recommendations on net neutrality, according to sources.
The
new telecom policy aimed at attracting an investment of $100 billion in
the digital communications sector is likely to be in place by July
2018, Communications Minister Manoj Sinha had said on June 12.
The
government on May 1 had released the draft National Telecom Policy 2018
to reform the licencing and regulatory regime and promote the ease of
doing business.
The draft National Digital Communications Policy
focuses on provisioning of broadband for all, creating four million
additional jobs and enhancing the contribution of the sector to 8 per
cent of India's GDP from around 6 per cent in 2017.
It also plans
to propel India to the Top 50 nations in the ICT Development Index of
International Telecommunication Union from 134 in 2017, enhancing the
country's contribution to global value chains and ensuring digital
sovereignty.
The Telecom Commission also approved the
recommendations made by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India on the
country's position on net neutrality.
The sector regulator had backed the principles of a free and open Internet and prohibited discriminatory treatment of content.
