WPC employees do more paper work as they do not have official email IDs
Bhaskar Hazarika
New Delhi: India might move to the faster wireless broadband once the government decides to auction the WiMax and 3G spectrum, but the employees of Wirless Planning and Coordination (WPC), wing under the ministry of Communications and IT responsible for spectrum management, are yet to be connected with an official email address.
An official in the ministry of communications and IT told Financial Chronicle that apart from the Wireless advisor and five to six deputy wireless advisors, the majority workforce of 500 people does not own an official email address. “When the country is moving to the next generation technology and we are talking about broadband wireless access spectrum and high speed data on 3G, the authority responsible for frequency management does not have access to email. The employee grade above only the deputy wireless advisor has access to an official email,” he said.The government is planning to conduct the auctions for the 3G and WiMax spectrum by the end of this year.
WPC is the national radio regulatory authority responsible for frequency spectrum management, including licensing and caters to the needs of all wireless users in the country. The government before allocation of spectrum consults WPC on spectrum issues. On the recommendations of WPC, spectrum is allotted to operators depending upon the availability. The Department of Telecom has also allotted official email addresses to officials only above the rank of assistant advisor and assistant director. With India moving ahead to implement next generation technologies, the authority is yet to implement it in their respective departments. “For the government employees email is treated as a perk and not a facility. You are allotted email addresses after an official is promoted to a certain level,” said the communications ministry official.
But other government ministries such as finance and petroleum have allotted official email addresses to employees. An official in the finance ministry said, “Employees are allotted official email addresses but most of them prefer to use their personal emails. We have access to official email.”
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