NATIONAL TELECOM POLICY 1994 (NTP 1994):-
The National Telecom Policy was announced in 1994 which aimed at improving India's competitiveness in the global market and provides a base for a rapid growth in exports. This policy eventually facilitated the emergence of Internet services in India on the back of established basic telephony communication network. This policy also paved way for the entry of the private sector in telephone services.
The main objectives of the policy were:
• To ensure telecommunication is within the reach of all, that is, to ensure availability of telephone on demand as early as possible
• To achieve universal service covering all villages, that is, enable all people to access certain basic telecom services at affordable
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• To bring about a competitive environment in both urban and rural areas by providing equal opportunities and level playing field for all players
• Providing a thrust to build world-class manufacturing capabilities and also strengthen research and development efforts in the country
• Achieve efficiency and transparency in spectrum management
• Protect the defense and security interests of the
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• BSNL is a 100% Central Government entity and employees with BSNL are entitled to get salaries and perks as decided by Government of India and not by BSNL • However both, MTNL and BSNL are plagued by declining revenues coupled with high costs. BSNL has massive infrastructure, manpower, systems, and 80 per cent of landlines and 90 per cent of broadband connections in India are operated by it. • “Vodafone is investing nearly US$ 3 billion over the next two years in India in expanding its network infrastructure and distribution channel in the country,” as per Vittorio Colao, CEO, Vodafone Plc.
• BlackBerry plans to set up enterprise solutions centres to educate corporate customers about various BlackBerry Enterprise Service (BES) 10 solutions. "India is one of the fastest growing markets in terms of smartphone and mobile data adoption,” said according to Sunil Lalvani, Managing Director (MD), BlackBerry India. • Tata Teleservices plans to set up nearly 4,000 wi-fi hotspots in nine cities across the country in the next two years. Booming
The Telecommunications Act of 1996 can be termed as a major overhaul of the communications law in the past sixty-two years. The main aim of this Act is to enable any communications firm to enter the market and compete against one another based on fair and just practices (“The Telecommunications Act 1996,” The Federal Communications Commission). This Act has the potential to radically change the lives of the people in a number of different ways. For instance it has affected the telephone services both local and long distance, cable programming and other video services, broadcast services and services provided to schools. The Federal Communications Commission has actively endorsed this Act and has worked towards the enforcement and implementation of the various clauses listed in the document. The Act was basically brought into existence in order to promote competition and reduce regulation so that lower prices and higher quality services for the Americans consumers may be secured.
“Because this technology uses bandwidth more efficiently than a traditional network and has not been subject to traditional telephone industry regulation.” (AT&T INC, 10-K, 2014: 3)
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Uganda, formally known as the Republic of Uganda, is a poverty stricken country plagued with economic instabilities. Since the 1980’s, the economy has remained on a fairly steady climb, but many have doubts about the continuation of growth. Uganda will never achieve a stable economy if they do not establish changes to their infrastructure. To implement these modifications and maintain economic progression, Uganda will need 1) better government determination to end corruption, 2) commitment to improve the weak educational reforms, and 3) a decrease in their export vulnerabilities. Fortunately, the country is experiencing a much needed evolution in telecommunication which could be the single most contributing factor for an improved economy.
In a world of fast-challenging technology, we can only remain competitive by continuously refining and expanding our technical capability.
The telecommunications industry is of vital importance to the development of the information-based economy. AT&T need to supply access to cost efficient, timely and innovative telecommunications services.
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This paper will tell you about why Net Neutrality is a big problem. Net Neutrality is a big problem because it causes problems for internet providers. Each internet provider that has been involved with Net Neutrality, has soon realized that that was a mistake. Comcast and Verizon are just two of the many internet providers that have been affected by Net Neutrality. What I mean by affected, is that they don’t get paid just like other internet providers do. This is why Ajit Pai has tried to find a solution for this problem. He has thought of the idea of that ISP’s can make more money for these internet providers. He has been working on this to try and help Comcast and Verizon get back the money they had before Net Neutrality started. Net Neutrality
In Pakistan they have partnered with various telecom companies and this has given them higher visibility to the consumers.
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Nepal Tele Talk, distributor and marketer of Gionee smartphones in Nepal imports the phones from the manufacturer in China. As it becomes very difficult for the distributor itself to provide the phones directly to the consumers, the distributor chooses to do so with the support of various retailers and has a large number of retails for the very purpose. It is very much suggested that for the marketer to enjoy more profitability, he needs to concentrate on gaining higher sales (Michalk, 2014). To gain higher sales it is necessary for more outlets to be present so that more number of customers can have reach and access to the Gionee smartphones. With this in mind, Nepal Tele Talk, supplies the smartphones to 600 retail outlets and from the current 600 retail outlets, consumers can choose their preferred Gionee smartpone and purchase it for use. Since the reach is at more places, more consumers come in contact with the smartphones and there are more chances of them buying the smartphones, which increases the sales and ultimately profitability for the distributor as well as the manufacturer. This is the distribution channel of Gionee smartphones in
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