Trai Says Locally Made Telecom and Broadcast Gear Will Make India a $5 Trillion Economy

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Amid rising tensions between India and China, the Trai has now called for suggestions to push the locally made gear in the telecom and broadcasting sectors. As you might be aware of already, Chinese gear makers like ZTE and Huawei may not take part in India’s telecom sector anymore. Already, telcos like Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea are switching to other gear makers like Ericsson and Nokia. The Government of India is aiming to cut dependence on the import of equipment from China. Trai chief PD Vaghela on Wednesday highlighted that local R&D in telecom and broadcast sectors could make India a $5 trillion economy. More on the matter below.

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Trai Highlights the Importance of Locally Made Gear

According to ET Telecom, the Trai had a high-level discussion with CDoT, TSDSI, IIT Kanpur, IIT Madras, and IIT Delhi earlier today. During the meeting, Trai chief PD Vaghela said India could become a $5 trillion economy by making the telecom and broadcasting gear locally. Right now, India is importing the gear from foreign companies like Samsung, Ericsson, Nokia, ZTE and Huawei.

The major question would be the adoption of locally made gear. For this, the Trai suggests having a ‘structured approach’ focusing on R&D, incentivising efforts and providing assured purchase orders to R&D institutes.

The next spectrum auction begins on March 1. Indian telcos Airtel and Vodafone Idea have already started replacing the gear used by ZTE and Huawei with those of Ericsson and Nokia, according to the same ET report.