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100			_aPrasas, Rohit Sridhar, Varadharajan and Kedia, Mansi _959808
245			_aFunctional separation and a restructured licensing framework for Indian telecommunications
260			_aVikalpa: The Journal for Decision Makers
300			_a50(4), Oct-Dec, 2025: p.295-309
520			_aIn 2001, the Communications Convergence Bill (CCB) of India envisaged a future in which fixed line, wireless telephony, and cable TV services could be integrated to be provided over the same infrastructure. Further, the infrastructure layer could be unbundled from the services layer, and be provided in a non-discriminatory manner to all service providers. This commentary traces the evolution of these two ideas - technology neutrality and functional separation, in the changing licensing frameworks of Indian telecommunications from 2001 to the present. We propose a new licensing framework that recognises the modularity of 5G technologies and the evolving market conditions.- Reproduced https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/02560909251330750?_gl=1*1bcdwvt*_up*MQ..*_ga*MTk2NTMzOTAwMi4xNzczOTg2NDE0*_ga_60R758KFDG*czE3NzM5ODY0MTQkbzEkZzEkdDE3NzM5ODY4NTAkajYwJGwwJGgyMDc5MjE3NzA4
650			_aCommunication convergence, Unified licence, Broadband infrastructural level, OTT communication series, Unbending. _959809
773			_aVikalpa: The Journal for Decision Makers
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