India, March 12 -- The Government of India issued the following news release:
The Government has taken several initiatives for rollout of 5G services in the country, which, inter alia, include the following:
* Auction of spectrum for 5G mobile services.
* Financial reforms to rationalize Adjusted Gross Revenue (AGR), Bank Guarantees (BGs) and interest rates.
* Removal of Spectrum Usage Charges for spectrum acquired in auction of 2022 and thereafter.
* Simplification of procedure for SACFA (Standing Advisory Committee on Radio Frequency Allocations) clearance.
* Launch of PM GatiShakti Sanchar portal and RoW (Right of Way) Rules to streamline RoW permissions and clearance of installation of telecom infrastructure.
* Time-bound permiss...