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为USO基金提供研发支持的方式提出建议的技术小组:电信秘书
近45 -50亿卢比将用于研发工作，因为预算已提议在普遍服务义务基金(USOF)下分配年度收入的5%，以在农村和偏远地区普及负担得起的宽带和移动服务。
正在成立一个委员会，为批准研发资金提出指导方针，总额为45 -50亿卢比，这将从印度的部分拨款中分配USOF根据交通部部长的说法，在最近的预算公布后，每年的收集K拉．
拉贾拉曼对印度报业托拉斯说，该委员会正在组建中，预计将在未来30-35天内提出意见。
近45 -50亿卢比将用于研发工作，因为预算已提议将年度收入的5%分配给该项目普遍服务义务基金(USOF)，以在农村和偏远地区普及负担得起的宽带和移动服务。
拉贾拉曼进一步表示，下一套改革可能会在3-4个月内宣布，将寻求改善经营的便利性，减轻合规负担，并降低在该行业经营的所有参与者的经营成本。
在详细阐述与研发活动相关的预算公告时，Rajaraman说:“一个由专家组成的技术委员会正在成立，该委员会将为USOF研发计划推荐合适的规范……为研发工作提供资金，以及将得到支持的产品种类。”
由于USOF每年收集的资金超过900亿卢比;按5%计算，研发部分将达到大约45 -50亿卢比。
简单地说，USOF的目的是为提供资金支持电信在商业上不可行的农村和偏远地区提供服务。实施USO的资源是通过征收普遍服务征费的方式筹集的，该征费是电信公司调整后总收入(AGR)的一个百分比。
拉贾拉曼说，在当地发展知识产权对于像电信这样的战略行业至关重要，因为安全、创造就业和出口是优先考虑的问题电信部(DoT)希望确保在中长期内引进本土技术。
交通部高级官员表示，因此，研发计划旨在支持当地公司开发产品，这将使宽带的普及、更快的速度、改善农村地区的服务质量，并通过适当的技术开发降低服务成本。
“这将是我们支持的一个广泛的研究目标。我们的产品将在印度以更低的成本生产，并且以适合印度农村和偏远地区的方式生产。”
这一举措，以及关于启动以设计为主导的制造计划的预算宣布，以建立强大的5G生态系统，作为生产挂钩激励(PLI)的一部分，预计将加强印度的技术主张。
1200亿卢比的电信PLI计划将被“修改”，以适应设计主导的组件，以及现有的制造支持。
“在PLI的第一阶段，31家公司已经批准了超过700亿卢比，因此剩余的400多亿卢比将可用……为此，指导方针将以一种支持国内设计和制造业的方式进行调整。”拉贾拉曼说。
他说，制定修订后的指导方针将需要40-45天。
在业内对联邦预算没有解决一些长期存在的要求(如削减税收)表示失望时，拉贾拉曼表示，2021年9月的改革是“向前迈出的一大步”，更多的措施正在落实中。
“基本上，我们将考虑各种各样的改革，这些改革将改善经商的便利性，减少合规负担……他指出，该行业有不同类型的被许可方，从纯isp到移动运营商，从虚拟网络运营商到卫星服务提供商。
“我们的想法是让这些企业的生活更轻松，这样他们就能提供负担得起的广泛和多样化的产品，”他解释道。
他说，“改革2.0”可能会在3-4个月内宣布。
去年，政府为电信业打了一针强针，该国批准了一项重大的救助计划，包括让企业四年不用缴纳法定会费、允许共享稀缺的无线电波、改变征税收入的定义，以及通过自动途径实现100%的外国投资。电信公司还可选择将与暂停付款期有关的利息金额转换为股权。
拉贾拉曼引用了各电信公司22财年第三季度的业绩，他说，电信行业的前景正在好转。他说，全球投资者也看到了在印度投资的价值，因为印度是一个巨大的市场。
谷歌将向Bharti Airtel投资多达10亿美元，以获得该印度第二大移动电话运营商1.28%的股份，并扩大其产品规模。
当被问及谷歌的最新举措是否表明全球参与者现在如何看待印度市场时，拉贾拉曼说:“非常正确，如果你看看9月份的改革，我们已经使外国直接投资100%自动，也消除了许多合规负担。”
他补充说，投资者看到了在印度投资的巨大价值，即使在其他方面，印度也是一个非常大的市场。“现在有了所有这些可能性，他们在这里看到了进一步的增长和机会，所以显然他们会投资。”
在沃达丰的想法拉贾拉曼表示，印度财政部决定将应付给政府的约1.6亿卢比利息转换为股权，而不是约36%的股份，以及这些数字是否得到了交通部的验证，财政部将研究整个计算，并得出结论。
他补充说，交通部将支持财政部做出这一决定。
拉贾拉曼对印度报业托拉斯说，该委员会正在组建中，预计将在未来30-35天内提出意见。
近45 -50亿卢比将用于研发工作，因为预算已提议将年度收入的5%分配给该项目普遍服务义务基金(USOF)，以在农村和偏远地区普及负担得起的宽带和移动服务。
在详细阐述与研发活动相关的预算公告时，Rajaraman说:“一个由专家组成的技术委员会正在成立，该委员会将为USOF研发计划推荐合适的规范……为研发工作提供资金，以及将得到支持的产品种类。”
由于USOF每年收集的资金超过900亿卢比;按5%计算，研发部分将达到大约45 -50亿卢比。
简单地说，USOF的目的是为提供资金支持电信在商业上不可行的农村和偏远地区提供服务。实施USO的资源是通过征收普遍服务征费的方式筹集的，该征费是电信公司调整后总收入(AGR)的一个百分比。
拉贾拉曼说，在当地发展知识产权对于像电信这样的战略行业至关重要，因为安全、创造就业和出口是优先考虑的问题电信部(DoT)希望确保在中长期内引进本土技术。
“这将是我们支持的一个广泛的研究目标。我们的产品将在印度以更低的成本生产，并且以适合印度农村和偏远地区的方式生产。”
这一举措，以及关于启动以设计为主导的制造计划的预算宣布，以建立强大的5G生态系统，作为生产挂钩激励(PLI)的一部分，预计将加强印度的技术主张。
1200亿卢比的电信PLI计划将被“修改”，以适应设计主导的组件，以及现有的制造支持。
“在PLI的第一阶段，31家公司已经批准了超过700亿卢比，因此剩余的400多亿卢比将可用……为此，指导方针将以一种支持国内设计和制造业的方式进行调整。”拉贾拉曼说。
他说，制定修订后的指导方针将需要40-45天。
在业内对联邦预算没有解决一些长期存在的要求(如削减税收)表示失望时，拉贾拉曼表示，2021年9月的改革是“向前迈出的一大步”，更多的措施正在落实中。
“基本上，我们将考虑各种各样的改革，这些改革将改善经商的便利性，减少合规负担……他指出，该行业有不同类型的被许可方，从纯isp到移动运营商，从虚拟网络运营商到卫星服务提供商。
“我们的想法是让这些企业的生活更轻松，这样他们就能提供负担得起的广泛和多样化的产品，”他解释道。
他说，“改革2.0”可能会在3-4个月内宣布。
去年，政府为电信业打了一针强针，该国批准了一项重大的救助计划，包括让企业四年不用缴纳法定会费、允许共享稀缺的无线电波、改变征税收入的定义，以及通过自动途径实现100%的外国投资。电信公司还可选择将与暂停付款期有关的利息金额转换为股权。
USO资金支持推动5G、6G设计主导的制造:K. Rajaraman
拉贾拉曼表示，国防部期待着“有效部署”它，以实现当地制造，特别是在5G、5G先进和6G领域，此外，先进的光通信和量子计算技术也将得到推动。
谷歌将向Bharti Airtel投资多达10亿美元，以获得该印度第二大移动电话运营商1.28%的股份，并扩大其产品规模。
当被问及谷歌的最新举措是否表明全球参与者现在如何看待印度市场时，拉贾拉曼说:“非常正确，如果你看看9月份的改革，我们已经使外国直接投资100%自动，也消除了许多合规负担。”
他补充说，投资者看到了在印度投资的巨大价值，即使在其他方面，印度也是一个非常大的市场。“现在有了所有这些可能性，他们在这里看到了进一步的增长和机会，所以显然他们会投资。”
在沃达丰的想法拉贾拉曼表示，印度财政部决定将应付给政府的约1.6亿卢比利息转换为股权，而不是约36%的股份，以及这些数字是否得到了交通部的验证，财政部将研究整个计算，并得出结论。
他补充说，交通部将支持财政部做出这一决定。
A committee is being set up to suggest guidelines for sanction of R&D funds, to the tune of Rs 450-500 crore, which will be allocated from the portion of USOF<\/a> annual collections following the recent Budget announcement, according to DoT Secretary K Rajaraman<\/a>.
The committee, which is being constituted, is expected to give its views in the next 30-35 days, Rajaraman told PTI.
Nearly Rs 450-500 crore will flow towards R&D efforts with this, as the Budget has proposed to allocate five per cent of annual collections under the Universal Service Obligation Fund<\/a> (USOF), to enable affordable broadband and mobile service proliferation in rural and remote areas.
The committee, which is being constituted, is expected to give its views in the next 30-35 days, Rajaraman told PTI.
Nearly Rs 450-500 crore will flow towards R&D efforts with this, as the Budget has proposed to allocate five per cent of annual collections under the Universal Service Obligation Fund<\/a> (USOF), to enable affordable broadband and mobile service proliferation in rural and remote areas.
<\/div><\/div>Rajaraman further said the next set of reforms, likely to be announced in 3-4 months, will look to improve ease of doing business, reduce compliance burden, and lower the cost of doing business for a whole host of players operating in the sector.
Elaborating on Budget announcement related to R&D activities, Rajaraman said: \"A technical committee, with experts, is being formed which will recommend suitable norms for USOF R&D scheme...for financing the R&D efforts, the kind of products that will be supported.\"
As the annual collections under USOF come to over Rs 9,000 crore every year; at five per cent, the R&D component will work out to roughly Rs 450-500 crore.
Put simply, the USOF is aimed at providing financial support for the provision of telecom<\/a> services in commercially unviable rural and remote areas of the country. The resources for the implementation of USO are raised by way of collecting universal service levy which is a percentage of adjusted gross revenue (AGR) of telecom companies.
Rajaraman said the development of intellectual property locally is crucial for a strategic sector like telecom where security, job creation and exports are a priority, and the Department of Telecommunication<\/a> (DoT) wants to ensure induction of indigenous technology in the medium to long term.
Elaborating on Budget announcement related to R&D activities, Rajaraman said: \"A technical committee, with experts, is being formed which will recommend suitable norms for USOF R&D scheme...for financing the R&D efforts, the kind of products that will be supported.\"
As the annual collections under USOF come to over Rs 9,000 crore every year; at five per cent, the R&D component will work out to roughly Rs 450-500 crore.
Put simply, the USOF is aimed at providing financial support for the provision of telecom<\/a> services in commercially unviable rural and remote areas of the country. The resources for the implementation of USO are raised by way of collecting universal service levy which is a percentage of adjusted gross revenue (AGR) of telecom companies.
Rajaraman said the development of intellectual property locally is crucial for a strategic sector like telecom where security, job creation and exports are a priority, and the Department of Telecommunication<\/a> (DoT) wants to ensure induction of indigenous technology in the medium to long term.
<\/div><\/div>Hence, the R&D initiative is geared to support local companies to develop products, which will enable the proliferation of broadband, better speeds, improvement in service quality in rural areas, and reduce the cost of service through suitable technology development, the top DoT official said.
\"This will be a broad objective of research we will support. We will have products that can be manufactured in India at a much lower cost, and in a manner which is appropriate to India's rural and remote terrain,\" he noted.
This, along with the Budget announcement on the launch of a scheme for design-led manufacturing to build a strong 5G ecosystem as part of the production linked incentive (PLI), is expected to strengthen India's tech proposition.
The Rs 12,000-crore telecom PLI scheme will be \"modified\" to accommodate the design-led component in addition to the existing manufacturing support being offered.
\"Over Rs 7,000 crore has been sanctioned for 31 companies under the first phase of PLI, so the balance amount of Rs 4,000 crore plus will be available...for that the guidelines will be tweaked in a manner that it supports design within the country along with manufacturing,\" Rajaraman said.
Working out the revised guidelines will take 40-45 days, he informed.
On the industry expressing its disappointment at Union Budget not addressing some long-standing demands, such as a cut in levies, Rajaraman said September 2021 reforms were a \"big step forward\" and more measures are on the anvil.
\"Basically, we will be looking at a variety of reforms, reforms which improve ease of doing business, reduce compliance burden...reduce the cost of doing business in the sector for various players,\" he said pointing out that the sector has different kinds of licensees, from pure ISPs to mobile operators and from virtual network operators to satellite service providers.
\"The idea is to make life easier for these businesses so they are able to give affordable wide and variety of products,\" he elaborated.
The 'reforms 2.0' could be announced within 3-4 months, he said.
The telecom sector had got a shot in the arm with the government, last year, approving a blockbuster relief package that included a four-year break for companies from paying statutory dues, permission to share scarce airwaves, change in the definition of revenue on which levies are paid and 100 per cent foreign investment through the automatic route. Telcos have also been given the option to convert the interest amount pertaining to the dues moratorium period, into equity.
\"This will be a broad objective of research we will support. We will have products that can be manufactured in India at a much lower cost, and in a manner which is appropriate to India's rural and remote terrain,\" he noted.
This, along with the Budget announcement on the launch of a scheme for design-led manufacturing to build a strong 5G ecosystem as part of the production linked incentive (PLI), is expected to strengthen India's tech proposition.
The Rs 12,000-crore telecom PLI scheme will be \"modified\" to accommodate the design-led component in addition to the existing manufacturing support being offered.
\"Over Rs 7,000 crore has been sanctioned for 31 companies under the first phase of PLI, so the balance amount of Rs 4,000 crore plus will be available...for that the guidelines will be tweaked in a manner that it supports design within the country along with manufacturing,\" Rajaraman said.
Working out the revised guidelines will take 40-45 days, he informed.
On the industry expressing its disappointment at Union Budget not addressing some long-standing demands, such as a cut in levies, Rajaraman said September 2021 reforms were a \"big step forward\" and more measures are on the anvil.
\"Basically, we will be looking at a variety of reforms, reforms which improve ease of doing business, reduce compliance burden...reduce the cost of doing business in the sector for various players,\" he said pointing out that the sector has different kinds of licensees, from pure ISPs to mobile operators and from virtual network operators to satellite service providers.
\"The idea is to make life easier for these businesses so they are able to give affordable wide and variety of products,\" he elaborated.
The 'reforms 2.0' could be announced within 3-4 months, he said.
The telecom sector had got a shot in the arm with the government, last year, approving a blockbuster relief package that included a four-year break for companies from paying statutory dues, permission to share scarce airwaves, change in the definition of revenue on which levies are paid and 100 per cent foreign investment through the automatic route. Telcos have also been given the option to convert the interest amount pertaining to the dues moratorium period, into equity.
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