Telcos ask govt for cheap credit, lower licence fees, and reduction in spectrum charges
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It said currently basic custom duty of 20 per cent is levied on import of most of telecom equipment. Basic customs duty on various 4G/5G related network products, notably MIMO/ LTE products,
soft switches and Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) equipment, DWDM Optical Transport Network (OTN), Multiprotocol Label Switching-Transport Profile (MPLS-TP) products, has been doubled
to 20 per cent, it said, adding that due to the hike, service providers will incur additional cost, and this will over-burden the already stressed telecom industry and hamper rollout of
critical networks.