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  • The Government of India's New Telecom Policy 2012 says the the mobile phone will be repositioned as an instrument of empowerment

    Govt announces New Telecom Policy: 2mbps broadband and 100% teledensity by 2020

    From the MxM  Infodesk

     

    In a move that could have a far-reaching and direct impact on the Indian media and entertainment sector, the Union Cabinet approved the National Telecom Policy -2012 (NTP – 2012) yesterday. The salient features of the National Telecom Policy-2012 are as follows:

     

    The policy envisions providing secure, reliable, affordable and high quality converged telecommunication services anytime, anywhere for an accelerated inclusive socio-economic development. The main thrust of the Policy is on the multiplier effect and transformational impact of such services on the overall economy. The thrust areas of NTP – 2012 are;

     

    • Increase rural teledensity from the current level of around 39 to 70 by the year 2017 and 100 by the year 2020
    • Repositioning of Mobile phone- as an instrument of empowerment
    • Broadband – ‘Broadband For All’ at a minimum download speed of 2 Mbps
    • Domestic Manufacturing- Making India a global hub
    • Convergence of Network, Services and Devices
    • Liberalisation of Spectrum- any Service in any Technology
    • Simplification of Licensing regime- Unified Licensing, delinking of Spectrum from License, Online real time submission and processing
    • Consumer Focus – Achieve One Nation – Full Mobile Number Portability and work towards One Nation – Free Roaming
    • Resale of Services
    • Voice over Internet Protocol
    • Cloud Computing, Next Generation Network including IPV6

     

    The policy seeks to provide a predictable and stable policy regime for a period of about 10 years. The policy will be operationalised by bringing out detailed guidelines, as may be considered appropriate, from time to time. The implementation will enable smooth implementation of the policies for providing an efficient telecommunication infrastructure taking into account the primary objective of maximizing public good by empowering the people of India. The policy will further enable taking suitable facilitatory measures to encourage existing service providers to rapidly migrate to the new regime in a uniformly liberalised environment with a level playing field.

     

    The Cabinet also approved the introduction of Unified Licence and authorised the Department of Telecommunications to finalise the new Unified Licensing regime with the approval of Minister of Communications & IT.

     

     

  • 200 elctronic manufacturing clusters by 2020, to employ around 28 million people, says Sibal

    Department of IT (DIT) renamed Department of Electronics & IT (DeitY)

    By A Correspondent

     

    The Minister of Communications & IT, Kapil Sibal, has said thatIndia’s electronic sector aims to achieve a turnover of about $400 billion, with an investment of about $100 billion and employment to around 28 million by 2020.

     

    Shri Sibal said it is proposed to set up over 200 electronic manufacturing clusters and significantly upscale high-end human resource creation to 2500 PhDs annually by 2020 in the sector. He was presiding over a function in New Delhion Thursday where the Department of IT (DIT), Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, was officially rechristened Dept of Electronics & IT (DeitY).

     

    Dwelling on the name change of the Department, Shri Sibal said the introduction of electronics in the Department’s name is a signal of embarking on the development of electronics in the country, a journey which is essential if the country has to realize its dual objective of accelerating the growth momentum and enabling inclusive growth and development. The renaming of the department is reflection of the thrust which government provides to the electronics sector.

     

    Shri Sibal said the new National Policy on Electronics is under finalization, now that the process of widespread consultations is over. Its draft was released last October. He said the policy will provide a clear road map for the development of electronics sector in the country for the coming decade.

     

    He also said the Ministry has already initiated several initiatives for the development of electronics sector in the country.India has become the hub for semiconductor design, generating nearly $2 Billion in revenues. He said the government has, therefore, decided to set up semiconductor wafer fabrication facility in the country and the Cabinet has constituted an Empowered Committee to recommend technology and investors and incentives required to make the fabrication happen.

     

    In response to a global Expression of Interest, some of the leading technology providers have shown interest in participating in the fabrication project. The Minister said the Government has also decided to provide preference to domestically manufactured electronic goods in all Government procurement as well as all those electronic goods whose usage has security implications for the country.

     

    The policy is expected to strengthen the cyber security ecosystem in the country as well as provide a boost to the domestic manufacturing. Emphasising on developing human resource, Shri Sibal said the Department is in the process of extending and expanding the Special Manpower Development Programme for VLSI and chip design.