UNIT-III
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BACKGROUND INFORMATION ABOUT CABLE TV OPERATIONS:
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BY TELECOM REGULATORY AUTHORITY (TRAI) OF INDIA FOR SET TOP BOXES (STBS)
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BENCHMARKS FOR BILLING RELATED ISSUES
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POWERS AND FUNCTIONS OF THE AUTHORITY
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PROCEDURES AND POWERS OF AUTHORITY
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INDIAN INSURANCE INDUSTRY:
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COMPOSITION OF AUTHORITY UNDER IRDA ACT, 1999
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DUTIES, POWERS AND FUNCTIONS OF IRDA
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INSURANCE OMBUDSMAN:
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TERRITORIAL JURISDICTION OF OMBUDSMAN
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POWERS OF OMBUDSMAN
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BROADCAST ENGINEERING CONSULTANT INDIA LTD.
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REGULATION OF BROADCASTING SERVICES
UNIT- THREE
Special Aspects of Legal Regulation of some public enterprises
Telecom Regulatory Authority,
Insurance Regulatory Authority
And Broadcasting Regulating Authority
Introduction
The new economic policy adopted by the Government aims at improving India's competitiveness in the global market and rapid growth of exports. Another element of the new economic policy is attracting foreign direct investment and stimulating domestic investment. Telecommunication services of world class quality are necessary for the success of this policy. It is, therefore, necessary to give the highest priority to the development of telecom services in the country.
Objectives
The objectives of the New Telecom Policy will be as follows :
1. The focus of the Telecom Policy shall be telecommunication for all and telecommunication within the reach of all. This means ensuring the availability of telephone on demand as early as possible.
Another objective will be to achieve universal service covering all villages as early as possible. What is meant by the expression universal service is the provision of access to all people for certain basic telecom services at affordable and reasonable prices.
The quality of telecom services should be of world standard. Removal of consumer complaints, dispute resolution and public interface will receive special attention. The objective will also be to provide widest permissible range of services to meet the customer's demand at reasonable prices
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI)
India is the fifth largest telecom services market in the world; $17.8 billion revenues in FY 2005
Industry grew by about 36% in FY 2005 over FY 2004. 119 million subscribers - 48 million fixed lines and 71 million wireless - November 2005
Telecom market has grown at about 25% p.a. over the last 5 years
Wireless segment subscriber base grew at 85% p.a.; fixed line segment at about 10% p.a.
STRUCTURE
The Indian telecom market has both public and private sector companies participating:
Public sector has over 60% market share, down from over 90% in 2000
Private companies have added subscribers at a CAGR of 192% since 2000
Mobile operators have deployed both CDMA (16 million users) and GSM
(55 million users) wireless networks
Value added service features constitute 10% of revenue today (2% in 2001)
POLICY
74% to 100% FDI permitted for various telecom services
FIPB approval required for foreign investment exceeding 49% in all telecom services
100% FDI permitted in telecom equipment manufacturing.
India has a telecom policy that aims to encourage private and foreign investment. Highlights are:
An independent regulator – the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI)
Revenue-share model for licences issued by the Government for telecom services in India. Unified access licences are available for providing telecom services on a pan-India basis
Planned opening up of National Long Distance (NLD), International Long Distance (ILD) and other value added services.
Major players and presence in value chain
Company
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Services
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Investor
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Cellular
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Basic
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NLD1
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ILD2
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1. Bharti Televentures
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Vodafone, SingaporeTelecom, Warburg Pincus
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2. Reliance Infocomm
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Reliance Group
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3. Tata Indicom
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Tata Group
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4. BSNL
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Government of India
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5. Hutchison Essar
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Hutchison Whampoa,Essar Group
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6. IDEA Cellular
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AT&T, Tata Group,Birla Group
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Note:1 National Long Distance
2 International Long Distance
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Source:
TRAI, DoT, TSMG Analysis
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India expected to be among the fastest growing telecom markets in the world
Projected growth of 30-40% p.a. to reach 250 million subscribers by 2009-2010
Over 3 million new users are added every month – mostly in wireless
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