Telecom licensing rules to be revamped

After coming out with a comprehensive set of reforms ranging from providing immediate cash flow relief to the financially stretched telecom operators to addressing long-term structural issues, the government will now focus on rationalising the complex regulatory and licensing regime, telecom minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said.

In an interview with FE, Vaishnaw said the aim will be to make regulations “light-touch, focused on customers, on common people, and on marginalised sections of the society”.