Union Telecom Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Friday addressed the second advisory committee meeting with telecom operators and asked them to take the lead in developing 6G technology.
According to sources present at the meeting, the operators reiterated their previous demands of relaxation in right-of-way clearance, rationalisation of power tariffs and reduction in levies.
“Had a productive meeting with the Advisory Group of Telecom Service Providers. We discussed issues relating to quality of service, India’s 6G vision and boosting research and development to take our sector to new heights of development,” Scindia said on social media platform X.
The meeting was attended by Minister of State for Telecom Penmasani Chandra Sekhar, Telecom Secretary Neeraj Mittal, Digital Communications Commissioner (Finance) Manish Sinha and other senior officials of the Ministry of Telecommunications.
Reliance Jio Managing Director Pankaj Pawar, Vodafone Idea CEO Akshaya Moondra, BSNL Chairman and Managing Director Robert J Ravi, Tejas Networks Chairman of the Board NG Subramaniam and industry body COAI Secretary General SP Kochhar were also present at the meeting.
Issues such as bringing over-the-top (OTT) operators under a licensing regime and imposing fair usage fees on major mobile applications were not raised at the meeting, industry sources said.
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First Edition: 23 August 2024 | 11:01pm IST
