https://www.taxtmi.com/article/detailed?id=1563 The New Telecom Policy, 2011 establishes a framework to expand affordable, high quality converged telecommunications and broadband, promote domestic R&D and manufacturing, streamline financing and taxes, and increase rural tele density. It proposes abolition of roaming charges, authorization of unrestricted internet telephony, unified licensing, spectrum trading and sharing, periodic spectrum audits, and enactment of a Spectrum Act creating a Spectrum Management Commission with pricing and dispute resolution powers. The policy also contemplates infrastructure status for telecom and strengthened consumer protections, while remaining silent on specific implementation timelines. en-us Mon, 09 Jan 2012 10:23:26 +0530 Mon, 09 Jan 2012 10:23:26 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/article/detailed?id=1563 The New Telecom Policy, 2011 establishes a framework to expand affordable, high quality converged telecommunications and broadband, promote domestic R&D and manufacturing, streamline financing and taxes, and increase rural tele density. It proposes abolition of roaming charges, authorization of unrestricted internet telephony, unified licensing, spectrum trading and sharing, periodic spectrum audits, and enactment of a Spectrum Act creating a Spectrum Management Commission with pricing and dispute resolution powers. The policy also contemplates infrastructure status for telecom and strengthened consumer protections, while remaining silent on specific implementation timelines. Articles Other Topics Mon, 09 Jan 2012 10:23:26 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/article/detailed?id=1563