According to sources Telecom Secretary Aruna Sundararajan said "The Idea-Vodafone merger is in the final stages of approval. Because they have got the NCLT (National Company Law Tribunal) and Sebi (Securities and Exchange Board of India) clearances, but there are some FDI (Foreign Direct Investment) approvals that are involved, there is some liberalization of licenses".
Meanwhile Sundararajan said the National Telecom Policy was in its final stages of drafting after which it would be taken to the Telecom Commission for approval and then to the government. Meanwhile when addressing the COAI event on ‘Catalyzing 5G launch in India', Sundararajan said "The 5G technology evolution is expected to enable new services, connecting new industries, various forms of devices, and empower new user experiences, to support expanded connectivity needs for the next decade and beyond."
Accordingly the 3GPP is a mobile communication
industry collaboration that organizes and manages the standards and development
of mobile communications standards. Moreover the Secretary expressed hope that
the road map for the fifth generation (5G) network in India would be ready by
June. As per report "It develops standards for many of the mobile
communications standards from GSM through UMTS and LTE to 5G now".
