In our final post on the Draft New Telecom Policy 2011, we look at policy recommendations regarding spectrum, regulation, exit policy, as well as policy changes related to support for manufacturing and IP creation (standards). Our other posts cover: - Separation of content and carriage - Broadband - Startups & Service Content Providers We urge you to participate in the policy making process, and give your feedback to the government here. There are 13 days left. We will be submitting our recommendations next week. Overview of the draft policy from a spectrum, regulation, manufacturing, standards and IP point of view: Spectrum The Draft New Telecom Policy 2011 offers a few practical solutions for addressing issues such as paucity of spectrum, especially the issue of some telecom operators having excess, underutilized spectrum, and others having insufficient spectrum: - Spectrum sharing, trading:…
