National Telecom Policy

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Recently approved by the Union Cabinet, the salient features of the National Telecom Policy are as follows:

The policy aims at providing affordable, cost effective and high quality telecom service at all India basis.
Accelerate socio-economic development by having transformation and impact on the overall economy.
It aims at providing a stable policy regime for a period of 10 years.
Increase rural tele-density from 39 at present to 70 by 2017 and 100 by 2020.
To make India a global hub by active participation in Domestic Manufacturing.
Its theme is "Broadband for All" at speed of 2 Mbps.
Free roaming and one nation, i.e. Mobile number portability.
Simplified Licensing System.
Delinking of spectrum from license.
Applicability of VoIP - Voice over Internet Protocol (IPV6) Internet Protocol Version 6.

Furthermore, the policy will enable to boost up existing service providers in fast migration in a uniform and systematic environment providing a level paying field for all of them.

Importance from examination point of view:

Short note - National Telecom Polity - 2012
Discuss main features of the recently approved NTP - 2012.
Examine the importance of introducing NTP - 2012 and discuss the importance of the same in socio-economic development of India.
Do you agree with the fact that after facing 2G spectrum scam recently, it is necessary to implement the NTP - 2012 in India? To what extent the new policy will be able to put a check on such scams in the future.

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