National Telecom Policy 2018: Trai paper seeks stakeholders' comments

NTP 2018's objectives include increasing rural tele-density to 100% and attracting an investment equivalent to $100 bn

With the government planning to come out with a new telecom policy by March, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has issued a consultation paper, seeking the views of all stakeholders on the structure and contents of the proposed policy. 

The National Telecom Policy (NTP) 2018 would set the mission and objectives to be accomplished by the end of 2022, when India would be celebrating its 75 years of independence, the sectoral regulator said, adding that it would also specify the strategies to accomplish such objectives.

“The NTP 2018 can have twin goals — to facilitate the development of communication infrastructure