Often it has been seen that government policies and regulation fail to keep in sync with emerging technologies. Speaking at Convergence India 2018, the telecom regulator TRAI Chairman RS Sharma echoed the same fact and said that regulatory policies will have to change to work for new technologies like IoT, OTT, machine-to-machine communication and 5G.
He added that traditional policies cannot be simply "exported" to the digital world. “The advent of 5G is driving greater throughput, lowering latency and facilitating machine-to-machine communication.”
He further elaborated: "A lot is changing in the digital world. We also need to change the policies, so we can grapple with this issue. Policies for new, digital world can't be the same as those for physical world...these same policies can't just be exported (for digital space)."
TRAI chief said that the technological advancements make it possible to overcome deficiencies in physical infrastructure, and to offer services. Hence, India must move forward.
He gave Aadhaar’s example: "Innovations are getting layered. Aadhaar which is digital identity infrastructure has on top of it, the India stack or India products, including eSign, eKYC, authentication services and digital locker."
He further elaborated: "A lot is changing in the digital world. We also need to change the policies, so we can grapple with this issue. Policies for new, digital world can't be the same as those for physical world...these same policies can't just be exported (for digital space)."
TRAI chief said that the technological advancements make it possible to overcome deficiencies in physical infrastructure, and to offer services. Hence, India must move forward.
He gave Aadhaar’s example: "Innovations are getting layered. Aadhaar which is digital identity infrastructure has on top of it, the India stack or India products, including eSign, eKYC, authentication services and digital locker."
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