Trai suggests sops to boost local telecom gear manufacturing

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has recommended that the applicable gross revenue of telecom operators be reduced against the indigenous networking and telecommunications equipment (NATE) volumes procured in their respective networks.

In the list of recommendations on ‘Promoting Networking and Telecom Equipment Manufacturing in India’ released by the sector regulator on Saturday, it has also suggested the introduction of local value addition norms in performance linked incentives scheme (PLI scheme), tax relief as part of fiscal incentives, and setting up a dedicated master fund towards to address the relative cost disability faced by the industry, among others.