The Cabinet on Thursday approved the New Telecom Policy 2012 paving the way
for a number of consumer-centric initiatives including abolition of roaming
charges across the country.
The policy also envisages pan-India Mobile Number Portability which will
enable users to retain the same phone number even while shifting from one
circle to another.
The policy, however, does not give any timeframe on when these measures
will be implemented. For the telecom industry, the policy envisages pan-India
single licence under a new unified licence regime. Under this regime, licence
has been delinked from spectrum. The policy also proposes to boost domestic
manufacturing. Details of these measures will be spelt out later.
The proposal to introduce a separate Spectrum Act has been done away with.
Issues related to spectrum pricing and allocation is being dealt with
separately by an empwoered Group of Ministers.
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