NEW DELHI: The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) and the Japanese Internal Affairs and Communications Ministry are to cooperate in the field of convergence of telecom and broadcasting.
 
A Memorandum signed between the two would also allow mutual sharing of information on best practices between Trai and MIC. The Memorandum was signed by Trai Chairman J S Sarma and Japanese Internal Affairs and Communications Minister Haraguchi Kazuhiro.

Trai and MIC will establish a mechanism of technical and institutional cooperation in the field of telecommunications with the purpose of contributing to development in both the countries. Both are determined to strengthen the ties in the field of telecommunications, by means of the establishment of technical and technological cooperation. 
 
Trai and MIC intend to cooperate in the fields of technological developments and New Technologies; Regulatory Policy; Convergence of Telecom and Broadcasting; Spectrum issues; Green Telecom; and Telecom for development strategy.

The cooperation between both the sides will be carried out through exchange of official information and documentation; dissemination of best practices of regulatory and competitive policy in the field of telecommunications regulation; and bilateral consultations through deployment of experts.