The Policy received the assent of the union cabinet on May 31,
2012 and promises to change the face of telecommunications and
broadcasting in India. The Policy will mostly likely be implemented
on April 1, 2013 and will replace the New Telecom Policy 1999. The
Policy aims at providing a pan India license, free roaming
facility, affordable broadband and adequate availability of
spectrum. The Policy plans on adopting what is known as the green
policy in telecom. It will simplify the licensing framework, set up
a common platform for interconnection and evolve a policy framework
for financing the telecom sector. The Policy's main focus will
be on convergence of services i.e. voice, data, video, Internet
telephony, value added services and broadcasting services,
convergence of networks i.e. access network, carriage network
(NLD/ILD) and broadcast network and convergence of devices i.e.
telephone, personal computer, television, radio, set top boxes and
other connected devices
