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NEW DELHI: Telecom service providers have flagged various issues including rationalisation of taxes, licensing of over-the-top (OTT) players and one nation-one license structure to the telecom regulator that should be taken up for resolution in 2018. Executives of top carriers including Bharti Airtel, Vodafone India, Idea Cellular and Reliance Jio Infocomm that met with the officials of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai ) on Tuesday also raised pain points such as infrastructure expansion woes that were adversely impacting businesses, besides specifying the need for having a spectrum policy that pre-declares the frequency bands that will be put up for auctions.
"We had very fruitful discussion with industry players... There were 6-7 issues that they want the regulator to look into," Trai chairman RS Sharma told reporters after the meeting.
"They were unanimous on some of the issues that Trai should deal with in this year like OTT (over-the-top) consultation, one country-one licence, infrastructure-related issues, rationalisation of taxes under GST," Sharma added.
Telcos ask Trai to look into OTT players’ licensing, tax this year - ET Telecom
"We had very fruitful discussion with industry players... There were 6-7 issues that they want the regulator to look into," Trai chairman RS Sharma told reporters after the meeting.
"They were unanimous on some of the issues that Trai should deal with in this year like OTT (over-the-top) consultation, one country-one licence, infrastructure-related issues, rationalisation of taxes under GST," Sharma added.
Telcos ask Trai to look into OTT players’ licensing, tax this year - ET Telecom
