The telecom reforms made by the government are not a one-off exercise, says Devusinh Chauhan

“The government recognises the role of every stakeholder for their contribution in phenomenal growth of telecom services, including that of infrastructure providers. The telecom reforms made by the government are not a one off exercise. The Modi government will continue to charter the path of reforms in the sector, which will take the entire industry to the next level.

It is expected that by third quarter of this year, we will have indigenously designed, developed and manufactured 5G mobile network. The ministry expects 31 companies to invest more than Rs 3,300 crores in next 4 years, under the PLI scheme launched recently. It will generate incremental employment for more than 40,000 people and an incremental production of around Rs 1.82 lakh crores over the next 5 years. The scheme also boosts domestic research and development.

I am aware that Right of Way, RoW charges, support from the local government, protection of telecom installation are some of the worries of the sector. We have taken cognizance of the same and therefore the department has been instructed to take necessary steps to address the worries of the infra providers. The government is committed to take care of concern of all stakeholders including infra companies.

I would like to ask you to deliberate on best practices to ramp up the quality of telecom infra and make it the best in the world.”

Devusinh Chauhan, Minister of State for Communications, Govt of India, at DIPA’s Annual Flagship Event on January 21, 2022. Communications Today was the exclusive media partner.
CT Bureau