Editing Telecommunications in India (section)

==Regulatory environment==
[[LIRNEasia]]'s Telecommunications Regulatory Environment (TRE) index, which summarises stakeholders' perception on certain TRE dimensions, provides insight into how conducive the environment is for further development and progress. The most recent survey was conducted in July 2008 in eight Asian countries, including Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Pakistan, Thailand, and the Philippines. The tool measured seven dimensions: i) market entry; ii) access to scarce resources; iii) interconnection; iv) tariff regulation; v) anti-competitive practices; and vi) universal services; vii) quality of service, for the fixed, mobile and broadband sectors.

The results for India, point out to the fact that the stakeholders perceive the TRE to be most conducive for the mobile sector followed by fixed and then broadband. Other than for Access to ScarceResources the fixed sector lags behind the mobile sector. The fixed and mobile sectors have the highest scores for Tariff Regulation. Market entry also scores well for the mobile sector
as competition is well entrenched with most of the circles with 4–5 mobile service providers. The broadband sector has the lowest score in the aggregate. The low penetration of broadband of mere 3.87 against the policy objective of 9 million at the end of 2007 clearly indicates that the regulatory environment is not very conducive.<ref name="lirneasia_tre">{{cite web|url=http://lirneasia.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/TRE_India_Final_Nov16.pdf|title=Telecom Regulatory and Policy Environment in India: Results and Analysis of the 2008 TRE Survey|publisher=[[LIRNEasia]]|author=Payal Malik|access-date=14 June 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091211090116/http://lirneasia.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/TRE_India_Final_Nov16.pdf|archive-date=11 December 2009|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

In 2013 the [[Ministry of Home Affairs (India)|home ministry]] stated that legislation must ensure that law enforcement agencies are empowered to intercept communications.<ref>[http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Home-ministry-objects-to-national-telecom-security-policy/articleshow/22600452.cms "Home ministry objects to proposed telecom security policy"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170926184409/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Home-ministry-objects-to-national-telecom-security-policy/articleshow/22600452.cms |date=26 September 2017 }}, ''The Times of India'' (PTI), 15 September 2013. Retrieved 15 September 2013.</ref>