By IANS,
New Delhi : The Department of Telecom (DoT) Tuesday said it has extended the deadline for receiving feedback on the draft National Telecom Policy (NTP) till Dec 9 to provide adequate time to the stakeholders for wider consultation.
“The DoT has extended the last date for receiving feedback and comments on draft NTP-2011 upto Dec 9, 2011, in order to accord adequate time for wider consultation,” said a statement by the Ministry of Communications and IT.
The draft which proposes to remove roaming charges for subscribers within the country, exponentially increase broadband availability and speed and allow for mobile numbers to be ported to any part of the country was released by Minister of Communications Kapil Sibal last month.
The draft policy also proposes to accord the telecom industry the status of an infrastructure sector, which will help ease credit flow to companies for funding roll-out plans or expansion activities.
Earlier the policy was to be unveiled in December.