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FCC and TRAI team up on broadband policy
01 June 2010
FCC chairman Julius Genachowski is advising his Indian opposite number on broadband strategy
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US and Indian telecom regulators will collaborate for broadband rules. The Federal Communications Commission, which has introduced a national broadband plan for the US, will soon initiate a process intended to regulate broadband.
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, which is expected to draft a consultation paper on a broadband policy for India within a week, would issue recommendation on the subject in the next few months.
FCC chairman Julius Genachowski was speaking at a conference on broadband policy in India, which is seeking FCC views before announcing its recommendations on the subject. The two regulators have agreed that a wider consultation between the TRAI and FCC on positive learning in both countries would substantially assist policy development. Broadband access is limited in India at around 9 million and the US is also facing a broadband deficit. GTB