Trai recommends IB ministry to grant infra status to telcos, broadcasters

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) on Wednesday sent a recommendation to the government of India to grant infrastructure status to the broadcasting and cable service sector, The Economic Times (ET) has reported.

In its recommendations regarding ‘ease of doing business’ in the telecom and broadcasting sector, the industry regulator said, “The authority recommends that given the importance of the cable services sector in expanding television services as well as broadband services, the government may consider and grant ‘infrastructure status’ to ‘broadcasting and cable services sector.'”