6 Things that Indian IT, Telcos Expect from New Government
"After being the darling of foreign investors and the poster child of economic growth, Indian telecom fell from grace over the past few years due to corruption scandals, cancelled licences, tax disputes, debt crises and tariff hikes; now there is a chance to inject fresh momentum into the sector," Mohammad Chowdhury, telecom leader, PwC India, said.
He said in the first 100 days in office the new government should give voice to the masses. With rural telecom penetration well below 50 percent, the new government should take a fresh look at encouraging the industry to put more money into rural network expansion.
"Narendra Modi has always advocated increased use of technology in governance and digital literacy. With the BJP in power, they can aggressively promote technology adoption among different stakeholders, foster technology enabled e-governance initiating citizen-government interface which has direct synergies and linkages to manufacturing, spurring market growth, employment and standard of living," said a Manufacturers' Association of Information Technology (Mait) spokesperson.
Mait represents hardware, training, research and development and hardware design, and other associated service segments of the Indian IT Industry.
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