TRAI consultation paper

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has come out with a consultation paper targeting telecom and broadcast convergence.

http://www.trai.gov.in/pr2jan06.htm

The agency seems to be in step with technology and regularly comes up with recommendations and orders to improve the exisiting telecom industry. But some of the important recommendations get knocked down by the government and opposition as it fails to pass bills on them. Guess there are lobby pressures from service providers and the likes who may take a hit if some of the recommendations are passed.

Hopefully, regarding convergence, the government of India would take the necessary steps to ensure that we make the machinery smooth for the inevitable convergence and emergence of services like IPTV and VOIP.

One thing that is good with slow development (atleast when it comes to adopting technology), is that we get to choose the better option. For Ex: India did not invest that much in telephone infrastructure (PSTN) and had the chance to increase teledensity by directly moving to mobile networks and standards. But not for long i guess... since we would be on par with the rest of the developed nations (atleast in terms of technology consumption) sooner or later and may need to make first-mover/adopter decisions. That should be more interesting.