National Digital Communications Policy

5G deployment at the earliest imperative for government says Manoj Sinha

He noted that technology like 5G must be used to eliminate the gender and the urban-rural divide.

Cabinet approves new telecom policy aimed to attract $100 billion investment

Telecom policy is focused on increasing high-speed broadband penetration, with use of modern technologies like 5G and optical fibres across the country at affordable rates.

Union Cabinet of India reported to take up a new telecom policy on 26 September

The telecom policy focuses on provisioning of broadband for all, creating four million additional jobs.

TC approves net neutrality rules which bar providers from throttling data speeds

The DoT will set-up a multi-stakeholder body for monitoring and enforcement of net neutrality.

Draft telecom policy aims 40 lakh new jobs by 2022; $100 bn investment, 50 mbps broadband speed

The draft also proposes to address woes of debt-ridden telecom sector by reviewing licence fees, spectrum usage charges, universal service obligation fund levy -- all of which add to cost of telecom services