India Government has approved the national Digital Communications Policy – 2018 with the aim of ensuring broadband at 50 Mbps speed to 1.2 billion plus population, 1 Gbps Internet to all Gram Panchayats — attract $100 billion investments.
The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved the National Digital Communications Policy-2018 and re-designation of the Telecom Commission as the Digital Communications Commission.
The customer focused and application driven NDCP-2018 will lead to innovations, after the launch of advanced technology such as 5G, IOT, M2M, etc.
Objectives
# Broadband for all
# 4 million additional jobs
# 8% GDP contribution from ~ 6% in 2017
# Become top 50 nations in ICT Development Index of ITU from 134 in 2017
# Broadband connectivity at 50 Mbps to every citizen
# 1 Gbps connectivity to all Gram Panchayats by 2020 and 10 Gbps by 2022
# Connectivity to all uncovered areas
# Attract investments of $100 billion
# Train one million manpower
# Expand IoT ecosystem to 5 billion connected devices
# Establish a data protection regime for digital communications
India will be setting up a National Digital Grid by creating a National Fibre Authority. It tiwll be establishing Common Service Ducts and utility corridors in all new city and highway road projects.
