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Wednesday, June 6, 2012

Pesky SMSes back! Unregistered telemarketers use new mobile SIM cards & message services via internet


NEW DELHI: Unsolicited text messages selling everything from cheap holidays to homes are once again making a mockery of the government's bid to restrict spam on mobile phones.
India's telecom regulator had in September 2011 allowed cellular operators to charge five paise for every promotional short text message sent on their networks to deter advertisers from defying an earlier ban.

"Spam messages from unknown mobile numbers have increased substantially," a provider of bulk text messages told ET on condition of anonymity.

Telemarketing companies that are not registered with the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) are using new mobile phone SIM cards and internet portals that offer bulk messaging services to beat curbs imposed by the regulator.

"Being outside the ambit of Trai's regulations, these companies are not liable to pay telecom service providers a termination charge for every short text message sent in bulk," the person quoted earlier explained.

More than 160 million cell phone users signed in on Trai's National Customer Preference Register, what was earlier know as Do-Not-Call, had heaved a sigh of relief when unsolicited commercial calls and messages ebbed after the telecom regulator's September announcement, but the pesky commercials were back within weeks.

A senior executive of a telecom company said there is no law limiting the number of SIM cards a subscriber can purchase, highlighting the scale of the problem facing authorities.

An individual is allowed to purchase up to nine SIM cards through the normal verification process, said K Srinivas, cellular operator Bharti Airtel's head of consumer business.


The verification becomes more stringent for consumers seeking more cards.

For postpaid customers buying in bulk, which is usually the case when it is a business entity, the order is taken on the company's letterhead.

Also available for a paltry sum is the database of mobile phone users signed in on Trai's Do-Not-Call registry.

A Delhi-based message service provider said the Do-Not-Call registry database is available for as little as Rs 9,000.

"For this payment, the company will send a minimum of one lakh messages a day to these consumers and ensure a response.

Messages will go from a mobile number, which means that any customer will read it at least once," the telemarketer said.

Another bulk text message provider said advertisers are willing to pay a premium to send promotional messages to subscribers registered for the Do-Not-Call service.

"These are the potential customers for most advertisers. Since they know they are not supposed to send out promotional messages to these subscribers, they are willing to pay more."

Another tool in the hands of telemarketers is a software being provided by some internet portals that enables users to send messages to multiple phone numbers, including those on the Do-Not-Call registry.

Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Cabinet likely to consider National Telecom Policy tomorrow

नई दिल्ली: कैबिनेट कल राष्ट्रीय दूरसंचार नीति (एनटीपी) है कि रोमिंग शुल्कके उन्मूलन के लिए प्रदान करता है और उपयोगकर्ताओं को देश भर में एक ही नंबर को बनाए रखने के लिए अनुमति देता है पर विचार होने की संभावना है.

पिछले सप्ताह प्रधानमंत्री मनमोहन सिंह की अध्यक्षता में मंत्रिमंडल के कुछ पहलुओं पर दूरसंचार विभाग द्वारा एनटीपी लंबित स्पष्टीकरण स्थगित कर दी.

वित्त और वाणिज्य जैसे मंत्रालयों के तहत विभाग प्रस्तावित नीति में नए नियमों पर आपत्तियों को उठाया था.

सूत्रों ने बताया कि दूरसंचार विभाग अब एनटीपी पर मसौदा नोट पर विभिन्नमंत्रालयों द्वारा उठाए गए मुद्दों पर स्पष्ट किया है.

उदाहरण के लिए, आर्थिक मामलों के विभाग ने कहा था कि राजस्वअधिकतमकरण 2012 राष्ट्रीय क्षयरोग नियंत्रण कार्यक्रम में माध्यमिकउद्देश्य नहीं हो सकता है.

डॉट ने अपनी ओर से आश्वासन दिया है, कि जब भी वित्तीय निहितार्थउत्पन्न होती हैं, तो एक अलग प्रस्ताव निम्नलिखित कारण प्रक्रिया के बादसक्षम प्राधिकारी के समक्ष रखा जाना होगा.

दूरसंचार विभाग अपना रुख दोहराया कि "प्राथमिक लक्ष्य राष्ट्रीय क्षयरोग नियंत्रण कार्यक्रम की पूरे देश भर में उपलब्ध सस्ती, विश्वसनीय औरसुरक्षित दूरसंचार और ब्रॉडबैंड सेवाओं द्वारा सार्वजनिक अच्छा अधिकतम है.

वाणिज्य मंत्रालय ने कहा था कि घरेलू निर्माताओं के लिए वरीयता सब्सिडीपर डब्ल्यूटीओ समझौते के खिलाफ है. डीओटी स्पष्ट घरेलू निर्माताओं के लिएखंड के रूप में 2 फरवरी को मंत्रिमंडल के निर्णय के प्रति है. 

Videocon Telecom to shut Kerala operations by June


Videocon Telecommunications, subsidiary of Videocon Industries, is winding up its operations in Kerala circle by the end of June following the cancellation of 2G licences by the Supreme Court. The company has started terminating employees working for the circle.

The termination letter issued to the employees by Resource Square Solutions, one of the companies providing recruitment services for Videocon Telecommunications in four circles, including Kerala, stated that the telecom service provider was shutting down operations in the circle.

“Based on the discussions you had with the senior team at Videocon Telecommunication they are winding up their operations in Kerala due to the telecom licence issue. As updated by them earlier, the last working day would be June 24, 2012. Please treat this as an official communication from Resource Square Solutions. The salaries for the month will be settled as a full and final settlement in the next month,” it said in a letter issued to an employee.

Around 75 people are working for the Kerala circle and most of them have received termination letters during the past few days. People hired by Videocon directly too have received their termination letters.

“The company (Videocon Telecommunications) hereby puts you to notice that your Letter of Appointment shall stand terminated with effect from June 21, 2012, upon your completion of two months notice period as per Clause 5 of the Letter of Appointment,” it said in a letter issued to an employee. However, the company has not cited reason for the termination. Though the employee wrote back to the company seeking reason, he did not receive a reply.

The Kerala circle had around 60,000 subscribers a few months back, but recently the number has come down to 15,000, officials in the company said. However, they declined to comment on the closing down of operations in the circle.

When asked about the development Venugopal Dhoot, chairman of Videocon Group told Financial Chronicle, “We are closing down operations in Kerala post the cancellation of 21 licences by Supreme Court. We do not have plans to wind up operations of other circles”. Videocon’s 21 licences were part of the 122 2G licences cancelled by the Supreme Court while giving orders on the cases related to the 2008 scam-tainted sale.

After receiving the licences, Videocon Telecommunications, known as Datacom at that time, did not start operations for more than two years due to an internal dispute. In February 2010, Datacom was re-branded as Videocon Telecommunications and the services were rolled out in the respective circles. As of January 2012, the company had almost 5.4 million users.

Monday, May 28, 2012

TRAI withdraws complaints against Airtel, Idea and Loop - smsgatewayhub

New Delhi: The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India Friday withdrew its complaint against three major telecom players -- Bharti Airtel, Idea Cellular and Loop Mobiles -- for violation of its regulations from a Delhi court, which was informed that they have taken remedial measures.

The TRAI had filed the complaint against the firms for rejecting number portability requests from their subscribers in violation of the TRAI regulations.

TRAI counsel told the court of Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Vinod Yadav that subsequent to the filing of the complaints, the companies had written a letter to the Authority stating that they have taken sufficient corrective and remedial measures to ensure that such violations do not occur in future.

The telecom regulator said that considering the contents of the letter, it has decided not to pursue the complaint and the same is being withdrawn.

The withdrawal of the complaint came on the day the top officials of the three firms were to appear before the court in response to its summonses issued on March 21.

The complaint before the CMM court against Airtel, Idea and Loop concerned alleged violation of norms that permitted subscribers to switch over from one service provider to another without change of their mobile phone numbers.

Another complaint against Bharti Airtel pending before the court of Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Manish Yaduvanshi was also withdrawn Friday.

The complaint pertained to alleged violations of TRAI norms of terminating the service of a customer within 24 hours of receipt of request and refund of security deposit within 60 days of termination.
The complaint was withdrawn as TRAI said the company had in a letter informed that it has redressed the grievances of its customer and has taken remedial measures.

The telecom regulator had in its complaint said after it launched mobile number portability in January 2011, it had directed all service providers including Bharti Airtel, Idea and Loop Mobiles to furnish compliance of various provisions of the Telecom Portability Regulations.

When TRAI ascertained the correctness of compliance (for number portability) by the three firms and obtained data pertaining to porting requests (to them) for a given period, it found certain requests had been illegally rejected.

In its complaint against Bharti Airtel, TRAI said the firm had rejected porting requests from its subscribers on grounds of "subscribers having withdrawn porting requests" and "contractual obligations".

In its complaint against Idea Cellular, TRAI said the company had on February 9, 2011 said it fully complies with the TRAI regulations on cell number portability.

It was, however, found that Idea had rejected 67 porting requests in Gujarat, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Mumbai, Madhya Pradesh and various other circles on various grounds, including those of contractual obligations, UPC mismatch and outstanding dues and failed to furnish information with regard to rejections due to contractual obligations.

Regarding Loop Mobiles, TRAI said the company rejected certain porting requests in Mumbai circle under the category of "act of God" and certain on ground of "contractual obligations" and "outstanding payment dues". 

Tata DOCOMO GSM Prepaid Subscribers Can Now Recharge Their Balance Via Twitter


Tata DOCOMO GSM Prepaid Subscribers Can Now Recharge Their Balance Via Twitter
There are several means available these days for prepaid mobile subscribers to recharge their phone balance, right from online recharges and top-up cards to eWallet services. Now, Tata DOCOMO has come up with a unique way to let its GSM users recharge their account balances and activate value added services via tweets and hashtags.
Using the Twittcom service, users can register their numbers using the company's Twitter handle (@tatadocomo), followed by "#reg"(without quotes) and your mobile number. Once done, the subscribers will receive a pin code for verification via SMS.
Once they receive the verification code, customers have to key in "@tatadocomo #code" followed by the pin code via Twitter, after which they will receive a retweet confirming registration.
For activating value-added services through Twitter, the subscriber must type "@tatadocomo #act# <Service><value>". Once active, they will be informed with a tweet confirming that the service is functional. Let's hope this works as well as the company claims.

For Detail Visit www.smsgatewayhub.com

Friday, March 23, 2012

Corporate Solutions Bulk sms with DND OPEN



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Opt - in Account
Opt-in Account is an account where in your registered customers / members / employes have to register their mobile numbers on our platform, so that they can start receiving any kind of information which you want to send them, irrespective of the fact whether they are registered in DND(Do Not Disturb) list or not.

To optin the customer will have to send a message Start (sender ID) eg; SMSHUB to 9230002323. Once this is done the mobile number will automatically get registered in opt-in data base.
  Features
six character Sender ID
24/7 messaging Service
Ultra high Priorty route
Delivery on DND and Non DND
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Template Based Account
In a Template Based Account the transactional templates are white listed for the particular account and the message can be sent to DND as well as Non DND numbers. There is a fixed portion in the template and a veriable portion, the fixed portion remains unchanged where as the variable portion can be changed from time to time example of a transational template

Dear user you have successfully registered on our website your user name is SMSHUB and password is 25252. ThankYou

In this template username SMSHUB and password 25252 are variables which can be changed where as the rest of the template is fixed.
  Features
six character Sender ID
24/7 messaging Service
Ultra high Priorty route
Delivery on DND and Non DND
Excel plugin

Tuesday, March 13, 2012

India Telecom Policy: TRAI sends revised draft document to DoT


JS Sarma, Chairman, TRAI

Telecom Lead India: Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has sent a revised draft document on National Telecom Policy 2012 to the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) on March 2.

"We have revised the draft document. We have not included the TRIAD of policies in the NTP 2012 because it was felt that, along with the preamble, it made a very long reading and detracted from the focus on NTP itself," said JS Sarma, chairman, TRAI, in his to letter to DoT.

TRAI has also expressed happiness since the telecom department included several recommendation of the telecom regulator.

In the new draft, TRAI did not include activities and targets as part of the policy since it was felt that these would be better captured in an action plan that can be drawn up by the DoT separately. TRAI has tried to capture most of the objectives and strategies, with certain modifications.

Highlight of the new draft document

TRAI VISION:
TELECOMMUNICATIONS FOR AN EMPOWERED AND INCLUSIVE
KNOWLEDGE BASED SOCIETY.

MISSION

I. Establish a ubiquitous, robust, reliable, secure, affordable and efficient Converged telecommunication network capable of providing high speed broadband and seamless converged communication services, with special focus on rural and remote areas;

II. Reposition the telecommunication services as an instrument of socio economic empowerment of citizens, both in the rural and urban areas;

III. Achieve self-sufficiency in telecom equipment manufacturing through promotion of Research and Development (R&D) and indigenous production;

IV. Strengthen institutional framework to meet the requirements of growth of the sector;

V. Attract investments in telecom sector.

MISSION  - I

Establish a ubiquitous, robust, reliable, secure, affordable and efficient Converged telecommunication network capable of providing high speed broadband and seamless converged communication services, with special focus on rural and remote areas.

Objective IA: Licensing framework

To establish an appropriate licensing framework for facilitating converged network and services, facilitating easy movement of customers across networks.

Strategies

I.A.1. Move towards Unified Licence regime enabling offer of converged services;

I.A.2. Create a path for existing licensees to migrate to the Unified Licence Regime;

I.A.3. Promote economies of scale in the telecom sector, while maintaining adequate competition, through appropriate M & A policy to be evolved from time to time on consideration of TRAI recommendations;

I.A.4. Move eventually towards achieving One Nation - One License by providing for full Mobile Number Portability and removal of roaming charges, decision on both of which will be taken by TRAI;

I.A.5. TRAI to consider minimising inter operator costs in fixing tariff so as to facilitate affordability of tariff to the consumers.

Objective IB: Convergent Networks

To facilitate the speedy establishment of converged networks

Strategies

I.B.1. Orient, review and harmonize the existing licensing framework in a time bound manner to enable seamless delivery of converged services;

I.B.2. To enable and enforce the VOIP facility including mandating interconnection between ISP and access providers, so as to enhance affordability to the consumers;

I.B.3. Migrate towards Internet Protocol IPv6 in a phased and time bound manner by 2017;

I.B.4. Encourage new and innovative IPv6 based applications in different sectors of the economy by enabling participatory approach of all stake holders;

I.B.5. Facilitate and encourage the establishment of Next Generation Networks.

Objective IC: Spectrum Management

To ensure efficient and optimal use of available spectrum.

Strategies

I.C.1. Ensure adequate availability of globally harmonized spectrum including through Audit and refarming;

I.C.2. Make available additional 500 MHz spectrum for telecommunications services by the year 2017 and another 300 MHz by 2020;

I.C.3. Ensure availability of adequate spectrum to meet current and future demand for microwave access/backhaul, in appropriate frequency bands;

I.C.4. Move existing users of spectrum i.e. Government departments, public sector, private sector and telecom service providers to alternate frequency bands or media, so as to make spectrum available for commercial telecom services;

I.C.5. Delink spectrum from license in respect of all future licences;

I.C.6. Allocate spectrum to holders of Unified Licence, based on recommendations of TRAI, in a transparent manner through market related processes, keeping in view the objectives of efficiency revenue and affordability;

I.C.7. TRAI to conduct periodic Audit of spectrum utilization to ensure its efficient use and to issue necessary Regulations / Directions from time to time;

I.C.8. De-license additional frequency bands for public use and operation of low power devices;

I.C.9. Promote use of unlicensed band and white spaces without causing harmful interference to the licensed applications;

I.C.10. TRAI to evolve guidelines to deal with all issues connected with wireless (spectrum) licences and their terms and conditions including re-farming/ withdrawal of allotted spectrum, spectrum pricing, cancellation or revocation of spectrum licence, exemptions on use of spectrum, spectrum sharing, spectrum trading etc;

I.C.11. Permit spectrum pooling, sharing and later, trading for optimal utilization of spectrum based on recommendations of TRAI;

I.C.12. Introduce Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNO) in the country;

I.C.13. Actively encourage establishment and use of landlines based on optical fiber network and cable networks, so as to promote Fixed-Mobile Convergence.

Objective ID: Broadband

To recognize broadband as a basic necessity and to provide ubiquitous and efficient networks capable of increasingly higher speeds so as to eventually move towards a level where Broadband can be a Right for all citizens.

Strategies

I.D.1. Provide reliable and affordable broadband access in the country including in rural and remote areas by appropriate combination of optical fiber, wireless and other technologies;

I.D.2. TRAI to periodically fix the minimum broadband download speeds of broadband;

I.D.3. To facilitate availability of broadband progressively at speeds higher than the laid down minimum;

I.D.4. Optical fibre network to be laid by an independent agency, initially up to the village Panchayat level and to be extended progressively in a time bound manner, to all villages and habitations having a population of more than 500 persons. Access to this Optical Fiber Network will be open, nondiscriminatory and technology neutral;

I.D.5. Incorporate enabling provisions in the current regulatory framework in order to facilitate utilization of existing infrastructure including cable TV networks for extending high quality broadband services including in rural areas;

I.D.6. Develop an eco-system for broadband in close coordination with all stakeholders, including Ministries/ Government Departments/ Agencies;

I.D.7. Ensure that all servers on which sensitive data are hosted are located
within the country;

I.D.8. Ensure that all local content is hosted on servers located within the country;

I.D.9. Rationalize the duties levied on inputs and finished products and provide requisites incentives to ensure affordability of Customer premises equipment including modem;

I.D.10. Provide appropriate Tax benefits to Telecom infrastructure provider companies;

I.D.11. Formulate appropriate policies in the area of enterprise and data services to fuel further growth of India's ICTE sector.

Objective IE: Cloud Services

To setup an efficient cloud computing environment.

Strategies

I.E.1. Adopt best practices to address the issues related to cloud services;

I.E.2. Create a secure network for cloud computing covering encryption and privacy;

I.E.3. Create a legal and security frame work covering network security, law enforcement assistance and preservation of cross-border data flows for deployment of Cloud Services;

I.E.4. TRAI to devise appropriate mechanisms to provide interoperability among cloud computing service providers.

Objective IF: deployment of telecom infrastructure

To facilitate deployment of telecom infrastructure in a cost effective and timely manner.

Strategies

I.F.1. Declare telecom infrastructure to be an essential infrastructure and provide requisite tax benefits;

I.F.2. Bring the telecom Infrastructure providers under unified Licensing regime;

I.F.3. Authorize the unified license holders the Right of way to install the telecom Infrastructure;

I.F.4. Prescribe, in consultation with ministry of Urban development, uniform road reinstatement charges across the country;

I.F.5. Review and simplify the policy for Right of Way for telecom infrastructure;

I.F.6. Coordinate with State Governments and Local bodies to enable the growth of telecom infrastructure;

I.F.7. Coordinate with State Governments to ensure efficient power supply to tower based and other telecom equipments in rural areas on priority basis;

I.F.8. Do away with the requirement of land conversion for setting up of telecom towers in rural areas;

I.F.9. TRAI to mandate standards for all types of towers used in telecommunications;

I.F.10. Promote sharing of both passive and active infrastructure, based on the recommendations of TRAI;

I.F.11. Introduce Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNO) in the country, based on recommendations of TRAI;

I.F.12. Create end to end IPv6 test beds for testing IPv6 networks and
applications.

Objective IG: Rural Telephony and Universal Service

To obliterate the digital divide between the rural and urban areas;

Strategies

I.F.
I.G.1. Impose rural roll out obligations in all licenses where spectrum is being provided such that all Habitations with a population of 500 persons and above are covered by the service providers;

I.G.2. To enforce rural rollout obligations through appropriate disincentives against non-performance of the obligations and appropriate incentives for performance;

I.G.3. Make Use of the USOF component of the licence fee and spectrum charges to provide appropriate incentives and disincentives;

I.G.4. Ensure quick and time bound roll out of the Optic Fiber network in all Habitations with a population of 500 persons and above;

I.G.5. Ensure, through coordination with Ministry of I & B, time bound digitisation of the TV Cable industry in all the rural areas;

I.G.6. Provide support from USO fund for provision of converged communication services in villages / habitations with population of less than 500;

I.G.7. Facilitate the setting up of VSAT in remote areas;

I.G.8. Endeavour to make available Global Mobile Personal Communication by Satellite (GMPCS), compliant with security requirements, for all remote areas.

Objective IH: Security

To ensure security of the information in the telecom network and monitoring of the information, compliant with the objectives of national security.

Strategies

I.H.1. Keeping in view individual privacy and in line with international practices, develop and deploy a state of the art system for providing assistance to Law Enforcement Agencies (LEAs);

I.H.2. Mandate and enforce that the Telecom Service Providers take adequate measures to ensure the security of communication in/through their networks by adopting contemporary information security standards;

I.H.3. Create an institutional framework through regulatory measures to ensure that safe-to-connect devices are inducted into the Telecom Networks;

I.H.4. Build national capacity in all areas that impinge on Telecom network security and communication assistance for law enforcement, such as security standards, security testing, interception and monitoring capabilities and manufacturing of critical telecom equipment;

I.H.5. Ensure that all equipments supplied to the telecom service providers are in conformity with the laid down security and safety standards;

I.H.6. Mandate, on consideration of recommendations from TRAI, standards in the areas of functional requirements, safety and security and in all possible building blocks of the communication network i.e. devices, elements, components, physical infrastructure like towers, buildings etc;

I.H.7. Develop a rational criterion for sharing of costs beyond a threshold limit between Government and the service providers in implementing security measures.

Objective IJ: Quality of Service

To ensure better quality of experience for telecom consumers.

Strategies

I.J.1. Quality of Service and consumer interests being under TRAI's domain, TRAI will appropriately lay down the end-to-end system performance standards, Quality of Service parameters, and measures to Protect consumer interest; (covers all issues of QoS listed in the draft NTP)

I.J.2. TRAI to be given necessary powers including the power to enforce including penalty provisions, to enforce the observance by the service provides of the laid down standards /parameters;

I.J.3. Undertake legislative measures to bring disputes between telecom consumers and service providers within the jurisdiction of Consumer Forums established under Consumer Protection Act.

Objective IK: Emergency Response Services

To enable access to telecommunication services in times of emergency and disasters.

Strategies

I.K.1. Entrust TRAI, under clause 11 (1) (b) of TRAI Act, with the development of nationwide Unified Emergency Response Mechanism by providing nationwide single access number for emergency services;

I.K.2. To ensure availability of communication to agencies connected with law and order, security and disaster management during calamities and emergencies.

Objective IL: Environment and Health

Address health and environmental concerns related to the telecom sector.

Strategies

I.L.1. Strengthen the framework to address environmental and health related concerns including e-waste management;

I.L.2. Encourage adoption of green policy by promoting the use of energy efficient equipment, active infrastructure sharing, incentivizing service providers deploying green technologies for the reduction of carbon footprint in the telecom sector;

I.L.3. Facilitate increased use of alternative sources (Renewable Energy Technologies) of energy for powering telecom networks;

I.L.4. Promote use of In-Building Solution (IBS) and Distributed Antenna System (DAS) and its deployment in coordination with Ministry of Urban Development by aligning the National Building Code as well as embedding these critical requirements in the process of developmental planning and finalization of master plans for rural and urban areas in consultation with the State Governments;

I.L.5. Promote mobile phones which do not contain brominates and chlorinated compounds and antimony trioxide and ensure proper disposal of telecom wastes in accordance with e-Waste Rules 2010;

I.L.6. Mandate testing and certification of all telecom products for conformance, to health, safety, security, EMF/EMI/EMC standards;

I.L.7. Entrust TRAI under clause 11 (1) (b) of TRAI Act with the function of developing and monitoring EMF standards.

MISSION-II

Reposition the telecommunication service as an instrument of socio economic empowerment of citizens, both in the rural and urban areas.

Objective IIA: Development of e-applications

To facilitate the development of e-applications, particularly in Education, Health, Agriculture, Skill development, Small and Medium Enterprises, e-Governance, e-Commerce, e-banking.

Strategies

II.A.1. Promote an ecosystem for participants in VAS industry value chain to develop applications, particularly to meet the needs of the rural citizens;

II.A.2. Incentivise companies involved largely with the development of eapplications for rural areas and in regional languages;

II.A.3. Put in place an appropriate regulatory framework for delivery of VAS at affordable price so as to fuel growth in entrepreneurship, innovation and provision of region specific content in regional languages;

II.A.4. Encourage development of mobile phones based on open platform standards and leverage the mobile device for enabling secure transactional services including online authentication of identity;

II.A.5. Work with handset manufacturers and international standards bodies to make e-applications interoperable in Indian languages;

II.A.6. Incentivise application developers to provide customized applications suitable for local needs;

Objective IIB: Enabling delivery of e-services to rural areas

To deliver e-services provided by various government agencies to the citizens.

Strategies

II.B.1. Promote synergies between roll-out of broadband and various Government programs viz. e-governance, e-Panchayat, NMEICT, MNREGA, NKN, AADHAR, AAKASH tablet etc.;

II.B.2. Digitize the content available in the government departments;

II.B.3. Coordinate with State Governments and different Ministries in Government of India such that all procedures are amended, to ensure digital delivery of services, in a definite timeframe;

II.B.4. Coordinate with State Governments and different Ministries in Government of India such that all personnel are trained in a definite timeframe to achieve the desired degree of competence in understanding of the revised procedures and delivery of services;

II.B.5. Equip all the Panchayats and Villages Centres with the requisite Hardware and train the personnel;

II.B.6. Stimulate the demand for e- applications and services by working closely with Department of IT in the promotion of local content creation particularly in regional languages.

Objective IIC: Empowering urban citizens

To empower citizens in the Urban areas through establishment of Fiber networks and deployment of applications required for smart cities and towns.

Strategies

II.C.1. Provide fiber to home/kerb as an integrated access to meet ICT requirements of urban citizens;

II.C.2. Coordinate with the Ministry of Urban Development to ensure that National Building Code is aligned to facilitate deployment of fiber in the buildings as well as embedding the requirement of fiber in the developmental planning and finalization of master plans for urban areas;

II.C.3. Make regulatory changes to unbundle fiber infrastructure;

II.C.4. Encourage Fiber to Home/Kerb (FTTH/FTTC) by Infrastructure Providers (IPs) with enabling guidelines and policies;

II.C.5. Coordinate with State Governments and different Ministries in Government of India such that all procedures for services in urban areas are amended in a definite timeframe to ensure digital delivery of services;

II.C.6. Coordinate with State Governments and different Ministries in Government of India such that all personnel are trained in a definite timeframe to achieve the desired degree of competence in understanding of the revised procedures and delivery of services;

II.C.7. Use Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) for converting, as per a definite time program, the urban areas into smart cities/ smart towns, by way of appropriate applications for managing all urban services particularly road infrastructure, water and sewerage
management, electricity, security and transport systems;

II.C.8. Digitize the content and data available in the government departments, in a definite timeframe;

II.C.9. Provide policy support including standards implementation, for secure communication of information within and between different sectors;

II.C.10. Develop a regulatory framework for Machine to Machine communications;

II.C.11. Provide financial support for research and smart infrastructure pilot projects in few major cities.

MISSION-III
III.
Achieve self-sufficiency in telecom equipment manufacturing through promotion of Research and Development (R&D) and indigenous production.
IV.
Objective IIIA: Innovation and IPR creation
To promote entrepreneurship, innovation and IPR creation for indigenous product development and its commercialisation.

Strategies

III.A.1. Develop detailed guidelines for promotion of innovation and IPR creation;

III.A.2. Promote Indian products viz., products having Indian IPR, by stipulating a mandatory market share;

III.A.3. Create a Telecom Research and Development Corporation (TRDC) for setting up of an R&D fund and establishing a Research and Development Park;

III.A.4. Establish a Telecom Research and Development Park for facilitating research, IPR creation and commercialization;

III.A.5. Facilitate access to financial resources on favorable terms and provide fiscal incentives to relevant R&D institutions;

III.A.6. Assist researchers to obtain IPRs for their innovation;

III.A.7. Set up an autonomous Telecommunications Standard Development Organization (TSDO) to develop standards to meet national requirements, to generate IPRs and to participate in international standardization bodies to contribute in formulation of global standards;

III.A.8. Create suitable testing infrastructure to aid in development of new products and services;

III.A.9. Encourage the entrepreneurs to develop and commercialize Indian products by making available requisite funding (pre-venture and venture capital), management and mentoring support.

Objective IIIB: Self reliance in telecom equipment manufacturing

To achieve a high degree of self reliance in telecom equipment manufacturing to meet the indigenous demands.

Strategies

III.B.1. Develop detailed telecom equipment manufacturing policy, providing, inter alia, for

* a minimum extent of 60 percent and 80 percent of domestic manufacturing,

* a minimum value addition of 45 percent and 65 percent,

* Indian products (products with Indian IPR) at 35 percent and 50 percent by the year 2017 and 2020 respectively;

III.B.2. Set up a Telecom Equipment Manufacturing Organisation (TEMO) to coordinate between manufacturers and service providers for proper implementation of the telecom equipment manufacturing policy;

III.B.3. Create designing and manufacturing Clusters for design, development and manufacture of telecommunication equipment;

III.B.4. Facilitate access to the financial resources on favorable terms and fiscal incentives required by indigenous manufacturers of telecom products and R&D institutions;

III.B.5. Facilitate provision of fiscal incentives through a Modified Special Incentive Package Scheme (M-SIPS) to eliminate the disability costs in manufacturing of telecom equipment on account of infrastructure gaps relating to power, transportation etc. and to mitigate relatively high cost of finance;

III.B.6. Restructure taxes and duties such that indigenous manufacturers are not disadvantaged vis-à-vis imported products and components and put in place a stable tax regime and provide income tax holiday for 10 years to domestic telecom manufacturing;

III.B.7. Create a Telecom Manufacturing Fund (TMF) for providing venture capital to indigenous manufacturing;

III.B.8. Set up a cutting edge technology fab facility with government funding support in the form of equity, grants and soft loans;

III.B.9. Set up an International Standard Testing and Certification Agency, by converting TEC into an autonomous agency, for carrying out conformance testing, certification and to aid in development of new products and services;

III.B.10. Provide preferential market access for domestically manufactured telecommunication products to address strategic and security concerns of the nation, consistent with international commitments;

III.B.11. Encourage the service providers to use Indian and Indian manufactured products, through measures including appropriate incentives;

III.B.12. Leverage synergies among the various telecom players (manufacturers, service providers and project integrators) to provide integrated span style

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