India -- TRAI's Recommendation on Infrastructure Sharing

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The Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) prepared this document in response to a request from the Department of Telecommunications for recommendations on infrastructure sharing. TRAI's exploration of infrastructure sharing has three main components: passive infrastructure sharing; active infrastructure sharing; and financial and economic measures for infrastructure sharing. TRAI's recommendations recognized an "urgent need" for passive infrastructure sharing. TRAI recommended permitting the sharing of a broad array of active infrastructure, though not spectrum; it also recommended limits on the types of permissible backhaul sharing. TRAI also set out a variety of recommendations related to creating incentives for sharing in urban and rural areas.