"A new government is likely to be in place by the later half of May 2009. The government will have to take decisions on a number of matters, which are still constraining growth of the telecom sector. I would like to know the issues which in your opinion, need to be addressed urgently," Telecom Secretary Siddhharth Behura said in a communication to telcos.
He said the DoT would shortly hold a meeting with some of the key players to arrive at a common agenda for the first three months of the new government.
The secretary said though pro-active policies of the government have helped the sector achieve huge success in telecom, there are a number of key issues on which decisions have to be taken to further the progress in the sector.
The telecom industry earlier said it wants the new government to tackle the issue of multiple levies on the sector on priority basis.
"The government should make uniform licence fee of 6 per cent across all services to avoid arbitrage opportunities," said GSM operators association COAI Director General T V Ramachandran.
