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The lower house was adjourned twice due to the protests by Opposition MPs, who were demanding a statement by Union Home Minister Amit Shah over the Parliament security breach issue.
Last month, the regulator had invited stakeholder views on the ideal eligibility criteria for companies to participate in such a sandboxing framework and on ways to encourage participation of startups and small & medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the mega digital tech innovations endeavour. It has also sought suggestions on ways to protect consumer interests in a sandboxing environment, especially from potential data breaches, fraud and other security risks.
Telecom Regulatory Authority Of India: Trai has now sought comments and counter-comments on the consultation paper by July 31 and August 16 respectively after stakeholders sought more time. It had earlier sought the submissions by July 17 and August 1 respectively.
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) had received a reference from the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) in March 2023 to offer recommendations around creating a regulatory sandbox framework that can be used to encourage innovative technologies, services, use cases and business models.
Trai has also called for inter-sectoral collaborations to boost tech innovation under the sandbox framework, especially since many 5G/6G use cases would require close coordination with regulators and other stakeholders like municipalities, power distribution companies, state and central ministries, airports, ports, metro trains, and smart city authorities amongst others.