Telecom Lead India: There are differences in National
Telecom Policy 2012 approved by the Cabinet today and the draft NTP 2011 proposed
by Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal.
As per the CABINET APPROVED policy, the government is targeting to increase rural teledensity from the
current level of around 39 to 70 by the year 2017 and 100 by the year 2020.
As per the DRAFT NATIONAL TELECOM POLICY 2011, the plan was to increase in rural
teledensity from the current level of around 35 to 60 by the year 2017 and 100
by the year 2020.
Today’s CABINET approval enables the industry to reposition mobile phone as an
instrument of empowerment.
As per the DRAFT NATIONAL TELECOM POLICY 2011, the government was keen to reposition the
mobile phone from a mere communication device to an instrument of empowerment
that combines communication with proof of identity, fully secure financial and
other transaction capability, multi-lingual services and a whole range of other
capabilities that ride on them and transcend the literacy barrier.
CABINET approved broadband for all at a minimum download
speed of 2 Mbps.
The DRAFT NATIONAL TELECOM POLICY 2011 said the government will target to provide affordable
and reliable broadband on demand by the year 2015 and to achieve 175 million
broadband connections by the year 2017 and 600 million by the year 2020 at
minimum 2 Mbps download speed and making available higher speeds of at least 100
Mbps on demand.
As per final NTP 2012, the government wants to make India a global telecom manufacturing hub.
The DRAFT NATIONAL TELECOM POLICY 2011 focused on promoting indigenous
R&D, innovation and manufacturing that serve domestic and foreign markets. It also envisaged promotion of the domestic production of telecommunication equipment to meet 80 percent Indian telecom sector demand through domestic manufacturing with a value
addition of 65 percent by the year 2020.
The CABINET APPROVED for the convergence of network, services and
devices.
As per the DRAFT NATIONAL TELECOM POLICY 2011, the industry will deliver seamless ICT,
multimedia and broadcasting services on converged networks for enhanced service
delivery to provide superior experience to customers.
Liberalization of spectrum and any
service in any technology are the highlight of today’s NTP 2012.
Unified licensing,
delinking of spectrum from license, online real time submission and processing are part of NTP 2012.
The DRAFT NATIONAL TELECOM POLICY 2011 suggested for an additional 300 MHz spectrum by 2017 and another 200 MHz by 2020 to be made available.
Both the draft and final policy focuses on offering full mobile number portability and work towards free roaming
Resale of services, cloud computing, next generation network including IPV6 and Voice over Internet Protocol were part of both the draft and final policy.
