• Convergence of information, communication and media technologies should be expedited. The priority would be to focus on PC penetration and thereby bringing cyber connectivity to every citizen.

• There shall be endeavor to bring about transparency in administration and make government functioning more citizen-centric. The stress should be on e- governance and expeditious implementation of a National e-governance Plan.

• Providing broadband connectivity to all, at the most reasonable prices shall be one top most priority.

• Plan should be made to leapfrog from the current generation of mobile telephony to the next 4G. India is currently using the technology of GSM (2.5 G) and CDMA for mobile telephony. The 3G standard has been evolved, but has not proved cost- effective. Need to set up a National Center for Excellence in this area.

• There is need for a National Internet Exchange and Indian Domain Name. This would connect all ISPs in India to a national internet exchange in order to achieve efficient internet traffic routing, cost reduction, and to improve the quality of service for the internet users in India. Four internet exchange points would be made fully operational. Most small and big ISPs would route their traffic through this exchange to also ensure the security of domestic traffic. Currently, 25 ISPs are connected.

• Significant improvement should be brought in the Indian Internet Domain Name, with a greater market focus to proliferate the Internet. Towards this, major MNCs are encouraged to host their mirror sites in India and also Indian enterprises are goaded to host sites to promote business and trade in India.

• There should be planned migration to new Internet Protocol IPv6. Worldwide, the new IPv6 is being implemented on the internet to accommodate increased number of users and to take care of security concerns.

• Focus should be on Cyber Infrastructure Protection. All efforts shall be made to promote the use of Digital Signatures in the financial sector, judiciary and education.

• Program of Media Lab Asia of the Government should focus on the following areas of importance to the large Indian populace:

l Providing seamless communication connectivity to rural areas and promoting value-added services and micro enterprises to double the village GDP in a couple of years.

l Extending quality healthcare services to remote areas using the technologies of telemedicine and internet access

l Using Information and Communication Technology tools to improve literacy through distance education, inclusive processes and pedagogy,

l Promoting development and availability of low-cost PCs and communication access devices to increase internet penetration 10-fold in a few years.

• Given India's multilingual nature, efforts should be made to accelerate dialogue with State Governments, linguists, R&D labs and Industry for increased deployment of language computing solutions in Government, industry and the society at large, particularly the disadvantaged sections.

• Should make all endeavors to make India the world's hub for outsourcing skilled manpower in the IT sector