Yesterday, the Indian Cabinet approved the National Telecom Policy, with five changes. I really would like to comment on it (and see if any of our suggested changes were incorporated) but at this point the Department of Telecom site says nothing.
So all we have are news reports.
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Aslam Hayat
More details published today in press are here:
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/news-by-industry/telecom/cabinet-clears-new-telecom-policy-no-timeframe-for-free-roaming-nationwide-mnp/articleshow/13695040.cms