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August 2017
While
India as a digital economy has performed well in terms of building software
applications and services, it lags in terms of infrastructure, the telecom
regulator said here on Tuesday.
Stating
the three parts of the vision area of "Digital India" as infrastructure,
software and services on demand, and digital empowerment of people, Telecom
Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) Chairman R.S. Sharma said infrastructure
is the area it is working on.
"From
a broad point of view, we have done very well in the middle layer, of creating
applications and services. However, we have not done so well in the first layer
of creating infrastructure, especially the hardware one," Sharma said
while addressing a forum 'Create4India' organised by Digital India Foundation
(DIF).
"We
have 300 million internet subscribers, but in broadband, which should mean 2
mbps plus (in speed) the numbers have drastically reduced. I think that is one
area that we are working on," he added. The Total Investment & Insurance Solutions
He
also suggested that the inherent problems in infrastructure can be coped with
by using alternate means like digital television or incentivising the use of
'Bharat Net'.
"In
the developed world, the average global fixed piped wired-line penetration is
46 per cent, while in India, it is just about 7 per cent. We get 93 per cent of
our data from mobile and 7 per cent from the fixed line," said Sharma. The Total Investment & Insurance Solutions
"The
world on an average gets 46 per cent from fixed line and 54 per cent from
mobile. That is a problem. We cannot immediately build those fixed lines.
Therefore, what we have suggested is that why don't we use some other
infrastructure which are built up," he added.
The
DIF, which aims at fostering digital inclusion and adoption, hosted the
inaugural edition of 'Create4India', a forum where industry leaders and policy
makers exchanged views on necessitating an ecosystem approach towards
supporting the growth of India's creative economy, backed by policies based on
respect for Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) and Copyright.
Sharma
brought the regulator's perspective to the discussion, sharing his belief in a
transparent mechanism of open consultation with the industry and the
stakeholders, with accountability to the people at large. The Total Investment & Insurance Solutions
Contributing
to the discussion, a report on 'Promoting the Creative Economy: India's USD 100
Billion Imperative' was released by Koan Advisory, a research-driven advisory
firm, combining legal, economic and investment expertise.The Total Investment & Insurance Solutions
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