Tower and Infrastructure Providers Association (TAIPA) has submitted 10 suggestions to TRAI in order to reduce hassles in doing telecom business in India.
TAIPA represents Bharti Infratel, American Tower Corporation, Indus Towers, Reliance Infrastructure and GTL Infrastructure.
# Inclusion of Infrastructure players under Right of Way rules, 2016
# Allowing IP-1s to create telecom infrastructure on Government land and Buildings
# Retrograde Steps & Reclassification of Common Telecom Infrastructure
# Inclusion of telecom towers under input tax credit under GST bill
# Off-set license fee paid on input services to avoid double taxation
# Variance of import duty of Lithium-ion Batteries for Electric Vehicle viz-a-vis Telecom Tower application
# Dismissing property tax on mobile towers
# Extending infrastructure benefits
# Uniform tower installation policy in states
# Streamlining on ground operational challenges
India’s 1 billion mobile phone subscribers connect toed through more than 450,000 towers with an investment of around 4 lakh crore.
