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• 2022 proves to be a landmark year as 5G clocks in

  "As the country witnessed that landmark launch of 5G services by none other than the Hon’ble Prime Minister, at the India Mobile Congress, we entered into the next era of technological advancement and progress. And that being in several sectors for a plethora of utilities and applications – whether manufacturing, agriculture, healthcare, education, logistics, smart cities, or more effective use of new-age technologies like AI, IoT, M2M, drones, big data analytics, etc," says Kochhar.

  

• Wireless licensing reforms fast-track investments in telecom sector: COAI’s Kochhar

  “The industry lauds the reforms brought in the areas of wireless licensing which has sped up investments and made it simpler to obtain the certificate clearance from the Standing Advisory Committee on Radio Frequency Allocation (SACFA), which is necessary to place small cells on street furniture, along with a marked reduction in the processing fee,” SP Kochhar, Director-General of the telco body said in a statement on Tuesday.

  

• Atmanirbhar Bharat: India has strong 4G, 5G ecosystem today, says MoS telecom

  “High-speed 5G roll out across sectors is the key to reduce the digital divide so that no one is left behind,” Chauhan said during an industry event by the ITU-APT Foundation of India (IAFI) on Wednesday.

  

• Wireless licensing reforms will enable ease of doing business, facilitate faster network roll outs: COAI

  The Department of Telecommunications Wednesday released another set of procedural reforms in the telecom and satellite communications (satcom) sectors, including the National Frequency Allocation Plan (NFAP) 2022. Under the document, nearly 17GHz of new additional spectrum has been released for implementing 5G in all three segments of radio spectrum – below 1 GHz, between 1-6 GHz and above 6 GHz.

  

• Here are telecom reforms announced by Union Cabinet in September 2021

  

• Reforms likely to drive more investments, players in India's telecom market: K Rajaraman

  "If you look at the Department of Telecommunications - we have policy buckets - wireless and service license policy. These are the two main buckets, playing a major role in the market. Of course, there are some internal things like organizational restructuring, and all those things recently we have set up a committee. There are some two-three areas where we do substantial work. In both licensing services and wireless, there are a lot of procedural things that need to be eased out."

  

• India's telecom sector has sufficient competition despite consolidation: Centre

  In a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha, Minister of State for Communications Devusinh Chauhan said, "There has been a consolidation in the telecom sector since 2012. Even after the consolidation, there is sufficient competition in the sector as at least four Telecom Service Providers (TSPs) including one PSU (BSNL/MTNL) are present in each Licensed Service Area (LSA). The country is divided into 22 LSAs."

  

• ETTelecom Interviews: DoT Secretary on telecom reforms, design-led manufacturing for 5G

  Department of Telecommunications (DoT) Secretary K Rajaraman, is his policy address to all stakeholders at the fifth edition of ETTelecom 5G Congress - 2022, said that the mega telecom reforms are expected to boost telecom industry in medium-to-long term, and the telecom department is focussing on promoting domestic technology in the country. The DoT Secretary also mentioned that the scheme for design-led manufacturing has been aimed to build a strong ecosystem for 5G as part of the production linked incentive scheme, and the department is working towards building an Indian 5G stack and an Indian set of 5G champions.

  

• Need to overhaul regulatory structure to promote technology development: Telecom Minister

  The minister said that 35 Indian telecom companies are now looking to export their products overseas. He mentioned that most important study groups for future development of 5G and 6G under the International Telecommunications Union are now being chaired by Indian delegates.

  

• Reforms likely to boost telecom sector in medium-to-long term: K Rajaraman

  "With an aim to further boost the growth of the telecom industry for more healthy competition and enhance the penetration of broadband and digital services, the government of India has recently announced the breathtaking reforms for the telecom sector," Secretary, Department of Telecommunications (DoT) K Rajaraman said, adding that these reforms would likely to better out to the telecom industry in a medium-to-long term.

  

• Next set of telecom reforms to ensure agile regulatory framework in sync with global best: Vaishnaw

  While the first round of telecom reforms focused on solving "well known" issues through structural and procedural overhaul, the work on the next round that focuses "mostly on the regulatory setup" is underway, and the government will engage with the industry on various aspects "very soon", he noted.