TAIPA lists how govt can ensure uninterrupted telecom services amid second wave lockdowns
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The Tower and Infrastructure Providers Association (TAIPA), the apex body tasked with expediting the rollout of the telecom infrastructure in the country, wrote to the Department of Technology (DoT) seeking its urgent support regarding the availability and continuity of telecom services during curfews and lockdowns across the country.
Amidst various cities and states introducing curfews and lockdowns to curb the deadly second wave, T.R.Dua, Director-General, TAIPA urged Anshu Prakash, Secretary, DoT, to advise all relevant central and state government authorities to provide support to the Telecom Infrastructure Providers (IP-1) to carry out uninterrupted installation, operation, and maintenance of telecom infrastructure during this time.
TAIPA seeks DoT s intervention to ensure uninterrupted telecom connectivity amid movement curbs in states
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Last Updated: Apr 22, 2021, 06:01 PM IST
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Tower and Infrastructure Providers Association (TAIPA) sought unrestricted movement of field staff and technicians for accessing telecom tower sites; availability of diesel for telecom tower sites; safety and security of telecom personnel/technicians by police authorities and law enforcement agencies in the states, among others.
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The association emphasised that there should be no coercive action or sealing of telecom infrastructure and telecom towers in the country, as it sought urgent de-sealing of all the telecom tower sites.
Delay in implementing NDCP on active infra sharing to obstruct 5G rollout: Taipa
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Last Updated: Apr 12, 2021, 09:44 PM IST
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Taipa, which represents companies like Indus Towers, American Tower Corporation etc, said delay in implementation of National Digital Communications Policy 2018 will hit the government s goal to generate USD 1 trillion from digital services by 2025 and obstruct implementation of 5G rollout.
Reuters Any further delay in the implementation would lead to corresponding delays in achieving the various objectives of NDCP, besides causing impediments to the rollout of 5G technology Dua said.
Industry body Taipa on Monday said it has urged Telecom Secretary Anshu Prakash to implement rules to allow sharing of active infrastructure of mobile networks by companies registered as IP-I. Taipa, which represents companies like Indus Towers, American Tower Corporation etc, said delay in implementation of National Digital Communications Policy (N
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Telecom tower companies have approached DoT for vaccination of their field teams on a priority basis, akin to frontline healthcare staff, so that they can go about their operations & maintenance work in an unhindered fashion in states seeing a surge in Covid cases.
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Phone companies have sought the urgent intervention of the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) to ensure their essential field staff get the status of frontline healthcare workers to operate freely and be exempt from any curfew-like restrictions amid the surge in Covid-19 cases in Maharashtra and the prospect of fresh lockdowns.
They have warned that without such exemptions, telecom services field engineers won’t be able to access critical sites nor do repairs and maintenance work in Covid zones, which could cause a breakdown in mobile and internet connectivity in Maharashtra.