Ashwini Vaishnaw asks officers to ensure connectivity to every household and improve the quality of coverage
DoT Field Officers’ Conference: Department and
Industry join hands to take the Telecom Growth Story Forward
The Minister
for Communications, Electronics & Information Technology and Railways, Ashwini
Vaishnaw has said that there is a need for a conscious change in the mindset of
Departmental Officers from regulatory to developmental in the common goals of
ensuring connectivity to every household in the country and improving the
quality of coverage. He was addressing a 2-day Conference of Field Officers,
Departmental HQ Officers and Industry representatives, here yesterday. The
Conference was inaugurated by the Minister of State for Communications, Devusinh
Chauhan in the morning session and the findings and recommendations of joint
stakeholders’ Working Groups on various topical issues relevant to the Telecom
Sector were presented before the Minister of Communications Ashwini Vaishnaw
and the Minister of State for Communications in the afternoon session.
Ashwini Vaishnaw pointed out the importance of quality
telecom connectivity in universal digital inclusion especially in the context
of digital economy. Only collaboration among departmental officers in the field
and at HQ and with industry and academia could propel the telecom sector
forward with the changing nature of technology, he said. The need for robust
and future-ready telecom legislation to replace the existing vintage Telecom
Acts and that a draft in this connection would be put in the public domain soon
for consultations/feedback, he added.
Earlier; while inaugurating the Conference, Devusinh Chauhan
had also highlighted the role of Telecom in the progression of the country
towards a 5 trillion economy. Complimenting the Department and all stakeholders
on the successful recent 5G auction and other telecom reforms, he hoped that
the Conference would generate implementable ideas and solutions in taking the
telecom growth story forward.
The conference will continue on 15 September,
2022 also with focused group discussions and presentations on relevant issues
in the Telecom Sector.