TECH NEWS : COAI urges Indian govt to ban Wi-Fi 6E router sales due to regulatory ambiguity and risks of unauthorised transmissions. Telecom giants support the pl
Telecom Technology: Delhi-based industry body also demanded an open mechanism for administrative allocation of spectrum and "reserving" non-public network domain for deployment by domestic design products exclusively.
As this was only an interim budget, with the general elections slated for later this year, industry leaders expressed optimism for bigger policy changes once a new government is elected to power, , Indian telecom industry, Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI), Interim Budget 2024-25
Telecom services providers have urged the Ministry of Finance to suspend the universal service obligation (USOF) till the existing corpus is exhausted.
In their Budget recommendations, they have also pressed for an exemption from the service tax on assignment of right to use natural resources and the slashing of Customs duty on telecom equipment to zero.
The Cellular Operators Association of India (Coai), which represents private sector telecom operators Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel, and Vodafone Idea, called for abolishment of USOF levy.