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 The Dollar Business Bureau Close to the Make in India Telecom Conclave where all the stakeholders and the Government of India have been talking about taking Indian Telecom sector to the next level by manufacturing telecom equipment indigenously and exporting it to Africa and Middle-East nations, the Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) has expressed its displeasure over a statement made by the Union Telecom Minister, Ravi Shankar Prasad. Speaking at a telecom event on Saturday, Prasad pulled-up private telecom operators not providing adequate service to the customers citing ‘Spectrum’ as the reason and that there needs to be a better monitoring of the existing by the operators to assist customers. The operators also cited difficulty in installation of ...

The Dollar Business Bureau The Ministry of Information technology and Communications, in its recommendations to the upcoming budget, has pitched more for the domestic manufacturing of telecom equipment. The Minister has said the recommendations made would help in curbing the widening trade deficit in the Telecom Sector, say the sources. The Ministry has also asked the Finance Ministry to provide tax incentives to manufacturers of the telecom equipment and for setting up the basic infrastructure such as mobile transmission towers. It said in its recommendations that this tax incentives would help in lowering the costs and facilitate the affordable services. The Ministry further asked for the postponement of the excise duties to the domestic manufacturers to seven years, say the sources. ...