As per the National Telecom Policy announced by the Indian Govt. in May, 1994, competition was planned to be introduced in Basic Telecom. Services. Now, after a delay of more than 3 years during which the process of liberalisation was almost deralied, due to some what inflexible attitude of the Dept. of Telecom (DOT), several private telecom. operators have already paid the licence fees and several are in the process of paying up. The planning process of telecom. networks to be set-up by private operators which, so far, was only on paper has been brought to some what practical shape and plans are being finalised and contracts awarded for execution of the projects.
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