New Delhi, Sep 15, 2022, By Special Correspondent
New Delhi, Sep 15: The telecom sector in the country is poised to witness more reforms in coming years, Communications Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw has said and asserted that the industry too will have to do its bit and reciprocate by improving quality of service significantly.
The minister said that the journey of 5G is going to be very exciting and noted that many countries took multiple years to reach 40% to 50% coverage. "But we are targeting a very aggressive timeline and the government has given a target of 80% coverage in short time frame and we should definitely cover at least 80% in a very short timeframe," he said.
Vaishnaw was addressing the Annual Flagship Event 2022 of Digital Infrastructure Providers Association (DIPA), an apex industry body representing Digital Infrastructure providers industry in India, here Wednesday. Minister of State for Communications Devusinh Chauhan was also present, an official release said here Thursday.
Vaishnaw said that service quality parameters have to be significantly increased and the Telecom Department should approach Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) in this regard.
He advised the Telecom Department to send a new consultation paper to TRAI for significantly increasing the quality-of-service parameters almost making it 3X or 4X of what it is today.
Vaishnaw asked the industry including Telecom Operators and Infrastructure Providers to go full steam on improving quality of services in the country, now that a slew of reforms had been announced and more were lined up. "The initiatives cannot be one-sided, and the equation has to be reciprocal," he added.
Chauhan said that the last mile connectivity is very crucial for the development of telecom sector and advised the telecom operators to work hard in this direction.
He said that the 5G connectivity should play a major role in the fields of health, education, mining and transportation.