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India’s Telecom Reform: A Chronological Account the end of December 2005, the total subscriber base had grown to 124.85 million, made up of 48.93 million fixed lines (including fixed WLL phones) and 75.91 million mobile connections. Average penetration touched 11.43 per hundred, with urban tele-density of 23 percent and rural penetration of two percent. 18
Appendix I Chronology of Indian Telecom Reform 1990, December: A high level committee headed by Dr. M. B. Athreya was set up to recommend the most appropriate organisational structure for the management of telecom services in the country. The committee recommended that the DoT be split into four corporate entities, value added services should be thrown open to competition by public or private enterprises, co-operatives etc. Small entrepreneurs must be encouraged in installation, cabling, closed user networks and subscriber premises work, for greater efficiency and employment generation. Importantly, policy and regulation should be separated from operations. 1991-1993: The beginnings of private sector participation in telecom services. The sub-sector of ‘value added services’ was opened up to private investment in July 1992. These included: Cellular Mobile Radio Telephone Radio Paging Electronic Mail etc. services 1992, January 20: DoT invites technical bids for cellular mobile telephone services in Delhi, Mumbai, Calcutta and Madras. 1992, July: Value added services opened to private investment by DoT. These include e-mail, voice mail, 64 Kpbs private data services, audio text and video text services, radio trunking services, cellular mobile services, radio paging services, and video-conferencing. 1992, October 12: The Minister of Telecommunications announces the list of metro cellular licensees. The metro cellular operators - Bharti, Essar, Hutchison Max, BPL, Modi Telstra, Usha Martin, Skycell and RPG win licences for cellular services in metros. 1993, May: As part of the ongoing reform process, the Ministry of Communications requests ICICI to recommend terms and conditions for the private sector’s entry into India’s telecom services and to study the necessary changes required in the telecom sector and recommend modalities for constituting an independent Telecom Regulatory Authority. 1993, October: The G.S.S. Murthy Committee submits its report on the licensing of public switched telephone networks. 1994, January: ICICI submits its report on the setting up of a Telecom Regulatory Body for India. 1994, May 13: National Telecom Policy (NTP-94) was announced. 1994, June 13: ICICI Telecom Working Group report on entry conditions for basic telecom services suggests the optimal level for entry of private players should be a Secondary Switching Area (SSA). 1994, November 10: ICICI Telecom Working Group submits final report on the process for the selection of new operators for basic services. 1994, November 29: On the basis of re-evaluation as per the directions of the Supreme Court, on a petition by one of the operators, DoT orders a change in the cellular operator for Mumbai. Hutchison Max signs licence for Bombay. 19
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