INDIAN PM SAYS INTERNET & TELECOM POLICIES
SOON
As last week ended, Indian Prime Minister
Atal Behari Vajpayee announced that his government was going
to get extremely active in laying the parameters that Internet
service providers and telecom operators will have to operate
in. Vajpayee said that an Internet policy is going to be
rolled out in the next fortnight. Licences will also be
issued to interested companies.
The former information and broadcasting
minister Sushma Swaraj had earlier made a blanket announcement
that cable operators can offer Internet services, without
spelling out any norms. Hence the new Internet policy will
have implications for the cable and satellite television
industry.
Vajpayee added that his government was
working a on telecom policy which will "meet the new challenges
of convergence of telecom, information technology, media
and consumer electronics."
The telecom policy, he said would be ready
within the next three months and would hopefully resolve
all outstanding issues in the telecom sector, following
a study by a committee.
