NEW DELHI: The Indian telecom regulator on Friday released the recommendations for the National Telecom Policy (NTP) 2018, in which it has set a target to attract an investment of $100 billion in communication by 2022 and planned to leapfrog the country into the top-50 nations in the ICT Development Index released by International Telecommunication Union every year. The industry welcomes it.

 

It also aims to create 2 million additional jobs in the ICT sector by 2022. The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) said the objective of the NTP 2018 would be to enable access at affordable prices for wireless broadband services, including through satellite to 90 per cent population by 2022.

 

Indo-Asian News Service