Why Telecom minister asked telecom operators for mobile tower installation 10,000 sites per week instead of the current 2,500 sites per week across the country. The telecommunications minister says India needs these numerous mobile towers.
Wireless licensing reforms will be strengthened once the telecommunications law is completed. The bill will then be submitted to Parliament's Standing Committee for consideration after receiving a second extension until November 10 to express their views.
Synopsis
- The telecommunications minister has asked telecom operators to install 10,000 sites per week.
- Wireless licensing reforms will move forward once the telecommunications law is completed.
- The main objective of the telecommunications reforms for wireless licensing, satellite communications and the publication of the national frequency allocation plan is to facilitate commercial activity.
Ashwini Vaishnaw, the telecom minister, has asked telecom operators to install 10,000 sites per week instead of the current 2,500 sites per week to expand 5G coverage across the country. He went on to say that authorization from SACFA and the Permanent Advisory Committee on Frequency Allocation will not be required to mount 5G antennas on street furniture to facilitate 5G deployments.
Wireless licensing reforms will be improved once the telecommunications bill is completed, the minister said. The bill will then be submitted to Parliament's Standing Committee for consideration after receiving a second extension until November 10 to express their views.
According to Vaishnaw, the PM directive for telecommunications is very clear: they must provide the same level of digital services to more rural areas as they do to urban ones. The goal of the PM is to achieve digital inclusion, so every obstacle must be removed.
Satellite communications reforms
The main objective of the telecommunications reforms for wireless licensing, satellite communications and the publication of the national frequency allocation plan is to facilitate commercial activity. There are five reforms for satellite communications. Any vehicle with the same license can be equipped with any VSAT terminal. Mobile terminals are an alternative to fixed ones. This procedural change will make the transition from static to mobile, which was previously a difficult procedure.
Self-certification of antennas has also been introduced without prior government authorization. The network operations and control center process, which previously required four levels of review and approval, now requires only one. By removing the charge of Rs 21 lakh per transponder per year, the process will only take 6 weeks instead of 8 months.
The requirement for satellite dishes to undergo mandatory performance verification tests, which cost Rs 6,000 and required complicated processes, has been removed. The production of near-field communications used in portable chargers and other devices is expanding in India. The three bands for IoT, M2M, on-board technology and contactless charging have been removed to make work easier.
