Telecom R&D: Blundering decades

A working group has been constituted by the department of telecommunications to prepare a perspective plan for the telecom sector in the 12th Plan. The group has endorsed the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India's recommendations on manufacturing telecom products. The Trai seeks to dramatically increase the percentage of systems designed, developed and manufactured in India by 2020. At present, this percentage is 3%. Another 10% products are manufactured in India under technology transfer. The remaining 87%, or almost all high-tech products, is imported.

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