TRAI to announce new telecom infrastructure policy next week
24 Mar 2011
The chairman of telecom regulator Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), J S Sarma, today said the regulatory body would announce its recommendations on the proposed new telecom infrastructure policies to encourage telecom equipment manufacturing in India next week.
TRAI had floated a consultation paper on the telecom infrastructure policy in January 2011 which was closed with the final comments of stakeholders on 21 February.
"We have plans to come up with recommendations on telecom infrastructure and manufacturing next week," Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) chairman J S Sarma told reporters.
The telecom regulator initiated the process or eliciting recommendations on encouraging telecom equipment manufacturing in the country on 6May with a pre-consultation paper it floated which was followed by a consultation paper on 28December 2010.
According to Sarma TRAI would float a consultation paper on next generation telecommunication networks within the next two to three months.