6 Things that Indian IT, Telcos Expect from New Government
"The Indian IT-ITeS sector would be happy to have a stable government and they would be keenly expecting the government to offer them the following in the near-term - a conducive ecosystem for carrying out business, a fairly straightforward regulatory framework, skill development initiatives and tax incentives to boost smaller firms and product startups, which are seen as the growth drivers for the sector," said Sandeep Ladda, India technology leader, PwC India.
Here are some other expectations from the government:
* Regaining the faith of investors: The government should make available to the industry all spectrum in all the bands (like, 2,100 MHz, 1,800 MHz, 800 MHz and 700 MHz) at present lying un-utilised by various government agencies.
* For enabling world class data services in the country, the telecom industry requires regulatory, tax and policy stability, development of infrastructure - such as power and towers, availability of adequate spectrum and customer centricity (affordable tariffs and gadgets, customized content, etc.)
* Expansion and better penetration of mobile-enabled services like m-health and mobile money.
* More e-governance initiatives across the country to provide an opportunity for the sector to improve its domestic market growth.
* Technology enabled e-governance initiating citizen-government interface.
* The government should also facilitate introduction of new and efficient technologies such as machine-2-machine and cloud computing as these lower cost of services and will be key to development of the small and medium enterprises sector.
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