{"id":226921,"date":"2023-02-16T22:36:38","date_gmt":"2023-02-16T17:06:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?page_id=226921"},"modified":"2023-02-18T07:17:00","modified_gmt":"2023-02-18T01:47:00","slug":"what-are-the-changes-required-in-wireless-regulations","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/what-are-the-changes-required-in-wireless-regulations\/","title":{"rendered":"[Answered] What are the changes required in wireless regulations?"},"content":{"rendered":"<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"616\"><strong>Introduction:<\/strong> Contextual introduction.<br \/>\n<strong style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; background-color: var(--global--color-background); color: var(--global--color-primary);\">Body:\u00a0<\/strong><span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; background-color: var(--global--color-background); color: var(--global--color-primary);\">Explain some changes required in wireless regulations.<br \/>\n<\/span><strong>Conclusion<\/strong>: Write a way forward.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>India liberalized the telecom sector in 1981. It had initially adopted first-cum first licence policy during the initial days of mobile telephony. However, the 2G scam led to the replacement of the previous policy with the open auction of spectrum. India has billion-plus mobile subscribers and 800 million internet users and hosts the <strong>second-largest telecommunications network<\/strong> in the world.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Changes required in wireless regulations:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Given the high costs of installing fibre, <strong>policies for wireless middle- and last-mile connectivity<\/strong> are urgently required.<\/li>\n<li>The <strong>expenditure<\/strong> on roads and railways is twice the amount on communications.<\/li>\n<li>As per ICRA, full-scale 5G deployments across India would require expenditure of about Rs 3 trillion because nearly two-thirds of the towers lack fibre connectivity. However, due to <strong>high debt of telecoms and high cost of fibres<\/strong>, it is unexpected that telecommunication companies would invest heavily. Therefore, there is an urgent need for the policy makers to come up with wireless <strong>policies<\/strong> <strong>based on successful models in other countries<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>The communication sector in India lacks <strong>proper policy regulations<\/strong>. E.g. Vodafone was imposed with\u00a0<strong>retrospective taxes<\/strong>in 2007. However, it was later set aside by the Supreme Court.<\/li>\n<li>Vodafone and other operators\u00a0<strong>fought licence fees claimed<\/strong>o<strong>n non-telecom revenues<\/strong> included in aggregate gross revenues (<strong>AGR<\/strong>) since 2003 while the interest on dues kept on rising.<\/li>\n<li>There is a need to\u00a0<strong>enable 6GHz for Wi-Fi, allow speeds of up to 10 Gbps<\/strong><strong>,<\/strong> and\u00a0<strong>support for local product development<\/strong>and production instead of relying on imports.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The vision of<strong> \u201cDigital India\u201d <\/strong>can never be realised if affordable broadband connectivity remains only within the reach of a few.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Introduction: Contextual introduction. Body:\u00a0Explain some changes required in wireless regulations. Conclusion: Write a way forward. India liberalized the telecom sector in 1981. It had initially adopted first-cum first licence policy during the initial days of mobile telephony. However, the 2G scam led to the replacement of the previous policy with the open auction of spectrum.&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/what-are-the-changes-required-in-wireless-regulations\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">[Answered] What are the changes required in wireless regulations?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10320,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-226921","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/226921","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10320"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=226921"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/226921\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=226921"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}