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Jio and Mittal's Bharti Airtel - India's largest and second-largest operators, respectively - feel that giving away the satellite broadband airwaves at a pre-decided price by the government will create an uneven playing field since they had to compete in an auction to get spectrum for their terrestrial wireless phone networks.
Union telecom minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Thursday said that agencies like World Telecommunications Standardisation Assembly and 3GPP should put guardrails to prevent the misuse of technologies.
Telecom Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia announced that spectrum for satellite services in India will be allocated administratively, but it will not be without cost.
The government of India is setting up telecommunication equipment manufacturing zones in the country, as the sector is expected to go through a revolution in attracting foreign direct investments, Union Minister Jyotiraditya M Scindia said on Friday.
Talking about the 4G coverage of uncovered villages in the country, the Minister said a total of 7,101 4G mobile towers have been commissioned by telcos, including Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel and BSNL under various Digital Bharat Nidhi funded 4G schemes including 4G saturation scheme.
Talking about the targets for the telecom sector in the coming time, Scindia said there are three key areas --–to connect the entire country digitally, propel make-in-India and ensure future-ready technology in India.