THIS WILL INCREASE OUR COMPETITIVENESS

National    Digital  Communications   Policy

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DoT ( Department of Communications ) had released a DRAFT for this policy on May 01

Here are the highlights :

*  Investment target…………………………….. $ 100  Billion in digital communication by 2022

*  Universal Broadband………………………..  50 mbps

*  Gram-Panchayat connectivity……………  1 gbps by 2020  /  10 gbps by 2022

*  Connectivity to Key Development Institutions………. 100 mbps

*  Gram Panchayats to be covered………… 250,000 by March 2019

*  Public Wi Fi hot spots………………………..  5 million by 2020  /  10 million by 2022

                                                                           Wi Fi hot spots to be available for

                                                                           the public in rural areas

                                                                           and  will also connect social

                                                                           institutions such as ,

                                                                           #   Police  Stations

                                                                           #   Primary Health Centres

                                                                           #   Schools

                                                                           #   Post  Offices 

Source :

https://www.livemint.com/Industry/a3J5EUbhOikWGcSybyVzVP/Govt-plans-Rs10000-crore-tender-to-set-up-more-rural-WiFi.html

Shri Ravi Shankar Prasadji  ,

Congratulations for your bold vision and your meticulous , time-bound implementation , to turn India into a DIGITIZED INDIA

I believe The Telecom Commission will be meeting on 29 June to approve the draft of this policy

While approving the policy , I urge you to keep in mind the suggestions that I made in my email dated 04 Oct 2016

How About Virtual Call Centers ?  

https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2016/10/how-about-virtual-call-centers.html

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Extract from my E Mail :

In my yesterday's blog

* “ Slow and Steady wins the Race / 03 Oct 2016 “ ,

and in earlier blog,

* “ If Mohamed cannot Go to Mountain / 26 July 2015 “ ,

I had suggested allowing 1.3 million schools of India to lease out their premises at night ( 6 pm to 6 am ) , for private parties to set up Call Centers ( BPOs )

Also enabling them with 100 mbps  Internet broadband connections ( of course , FREE )

Idea was to reduce investment in setting up of BPOs by " round-the-clock " utilization of , otherwise idle assets

That logic could be extended to many similar under-utilized public assets such as :

#   2,25,000  Gram Panchayat offices ( all getting internet connection )

#   1,45,000  Post Offices ( also getting internet connection under Payment Bank

     scheme )

#   Lakhs of Government offices ( Central / State / Municipal / PSUs etc )

#   Lakhs of branches of Public Sector Banks

22  June  2018

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