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A new draft of the telecom Bill – introduced before Parliament on Monday – doesn’t mention over the top (OTT) services in its definition of telecom services and clears the way for the government to allocate satellite spectrum. It retains the powers given to India’s telecom regulator.
Reviewed by 'Business Standard', the draft defines telecommunications services as "any service for telecommunications".
The Department of Telecommunications has granted Bharti Airtel-backed Eutelsat’s OneWeb and Jio Space, the satellite arm of Reliance Jio, the Global Mobile Personal Communication by Satellite Services (GMPCS) licence needed to offer satellite-based broadband service in India.
Both companies are now facing off in the segment. In October, Jio successfully demonstrated its Jio SpaceFiber service, India's first satellite-based gigabit speed broadband service at the India Mobile Congress, to previously inaccessible geographies within the country.
Sunil Bharti Mittal, chairman of Bharti, has said OneWeb's satellite communication service will be available in India soon.
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The latest draft drops controversial provisions pertaining to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai), which critics argued would have substantially diluted the regulator’s powers and made it a rubber stamp of the government.
Earlier drafts had called for amending Section 11 of the Trai Act, 1997, which mandates the government to seek the regulator’s recommendations for management of spectrum, licences, and matters related to new services.
The latest draft has allowed senior private sector corporate executives to be tapped for the role of Trai chairperson. It allows the hiring of non-government executives "if such person has at least thirty years of professional experience and has served as a member of the board of directors or a chief executive of a company in certain areas".
Those with at least 25 years of professional experience and have had stints in boardrooms can now be appointed as Trai members.
TRAI currently has two full-time and two part-time members.
A new draft of the telecom Bill – introduced before Parliament on Monday – doesn’t mention over the top (OTT) services in its definition of telecom services and clears the way for the government to allocate satellite spectrum. It retains the powers given to India’s telecom regulator.
Reviewed by 'Business Standard', the draft defines telecommunications services as "any service for telecommunications".
The Department of Telecommunications has granted Bharti Airtel-backed Eutelsat’s OneWeb and Jio Space, the satellite arm of Reliance Jio, the Global Mobile Personal Communication by Satellite Services (GMPCS) licence needed to offer satellite-based broadband service in India.
Both companies are now facing off in the segment. In October, Jio successfully demonstrated its Jio SpaceFiber service, India's first satellite-based gigabit speed broadband service at the India Mobile Congress, to previously inaccessible geographies within the country.
Sunil Bharti Mittal, chairman of Bharti, has said OneWeb's satellite communication service will be available in India soon.
The latest draft drops controversial provisions pertaining to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai), which critics argued would have substantially diluted the regulator’s powers and made it a rubber stamp of the government.
Earlier drafts had called for amending Section 11 of the Trai Act, 1997, which mandates the government to seek the regulator’s recommendations for management of spectrum, licences, and matters related to new services.
The latest draft has allowed senior private sector corporate executives to be tapped for the role of Trai chairperson. It allows the hiring of non-government executives "if such person has at least thirty years of professional experience and has served as a member of the board of directors or a chief executive of a company in certain areas".
Those with at least 25 years of professional experience and have had stints in boardrooms can now be appointed as Trai members.
TRAI currently has two full-time and two part-time members.
A new draft of the telecom Bill – introduced before Parliament on Monday – doesn’t mention over the top (OTT) services in its definition of telecom services and clears the way for the government to allocate satellite spectrum. It retains the powers given to India’s telecom regulator.
Reviewed by 'Business Standard', the draft defines telecommunications services as "any service for telecommunications".
The Department of Telecommunications has granted Bharti Airtel-backed Eutelsat’s OneWeb and Jio Space, the satellite arm of Reliance Jio, the Global Mobile Personal Communication by Satellite Services (GMPCS) licence needed to offer satellite-based broadband service in India.
Both companies are now facing off in the segment. In October, Jio successfully demonstrated its Jio SpaceFiber service, India's first satellite-based gigabit speed broadband service at the India Mobile Congress, to previously inaccessible geographies within the country.
Sunil Bharti Mittal, chairman of Bharti, has said OneWeb's satellite communication service will be available in India soon.
The latest draft drops controversial provisions pertaining to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai), which critics argued would have substantially diluted the regulator’s powers and made it a rubber stamp of the government.
Earlier drafts had called for amending Section 11 of the Trai Act, 1997, which mandates the government to seek the regulator’s recommendations for management of spectrum, licences, and matters related to new services.
The latest draft has allowed senior private sector corporate executives to be tapped for the role of Trai chairperson. It allows the hiring of non-government executives "if such person has at least thirty years of professional experience and has served as a member of the board of directors or a chief executive of a company in certain areas".
Those with at least 25 years of professional experience and have had stints in boardrooms can now be appointed as Trai members.
TRAI currently has two full-time and two part-time members.
A new draft of the telecom Bill – introduced before Parliament on Monday – doesn’t mention over the top (OTT) services in its definition of telecom services and clears the way for the government to allocate satellite spectrum. It retains the powers given to India’s telecom regulator.
Reviewed by 'Business Standard', the draft defines telecommunications services as "any service for telecommunications".
The Department of Telecommunications has granted Bharti Airtel-backed Eutelsat’s OneWeb and Jio Space, the satellite arm of Reliance Jio, the Global Mobile Personal Communication by Satellite Services (GMPCS) licence needed to offer satellite-based broadband service in India.
Both companies are now facing off in the segment. In October, Jio successfully demonstrated its Jio SpaceFiber service, India's first satellite-based gigabit speed broadband service at the India Mobile Congress, to previously inaccessible geographies within the country.
Sunil Bharti Mittal, chairman of Bharti, has said OneWeb's satellite communication service will be available in India soon.
The latest draft drops controversial provisions pertaining to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai), which critics argued would have substantially diluted the regulator’s powers and made it a rubber stamp of the government.
Earlier drafts had called for amending Section 11 of the Trai Act, 1997, which mandates the government to seek the regulator’s recommendations for management of spectrum, licences, and matters related to new services.
The latest draft has allowed senior private sector corporate executives to be tapped for the role of Trai chairperson. It allows the hiring of non-government executives "if such person has at least thirty years of professional experience and has served as a member of the board of directors or a chief executive of a company in certain areas".
Those with at least 25 years of professional experience and have had stints in boardrooms can now be appointed as Trai members.
TRAI currently has two full-time and two part-time members.
A new draft of the telecom Bill – introduced before Parliament on Monday – doesn’t mention over the top (OTT) services in its definition of telecom services and clears the way for the government to allocate satellite spectrum. It retains the powers given to India’s telecom regulator.
Reviewed by 'Business Standard', the draft defines telecommunications services as "any service for telecommunications".
The Department of Telecommunications has granted Bharti Airtel-backed Eutelsat’s OneWeb and Jio Space, the satellite arm of Reliance Jio, the Global Mobile Personal Communication by Satellite Services (GMPCS) licence needed to offer satellite-based broadband service in India.
Both companies are now facing off in the segment. In October, Jio successfully demonstrated its Jio SpaceFiber service, India's first satellite-based gigabit speed broadband service at the India Mobile Congress, to previously inaccessible geographies within the country.
Sunil Bharti Mittal, chairman of Bharti, has said OneWeb's satellite communication service will be available in India soon.
The latest draft drops controversial provisions pertaining to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai), which critics argued would have substantially diluted the regulator’s powers and made it a rubber stamp of the government.
Earlier drafts had called for amending Section 11 of the Trai Act, 1997, which mandates the government to seek the regulator’s recommendations for management of spectrum, licences, and matters related to new services.
The latest draft has allowed senior private sector corporate executives to be tapped for the role of Trai chairperson. It allows the hiring of non-government executives "if such person has at least thirty years of professional experience and has served as a member of the board of directors or a chief executive of a company in certain areas".
Those with at least 25 years of professional experience and have had stints in boardrooms can now be appointed as Trai members.
TRAI currently has two full-time and two part-time members.
