The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has formed an in-house study centre to facilitate proactive research activities into new and evolving technologies that are likely to further disrupt the telecommunication and broadcasting sectors.

A senior TRAI official informed the Economic Times newspaper that the regulatory landscape  has shaped a centre that can take pleasure in pro-active analysis in new and forthcoming sectors.

The official added that the scope would additionally embody reality evaluation and the common launch of whitepapers.

Anil Kumar Bharadwaj, an advisor for broadcasting and cable sectors at TRAI, has been tasked to look after the newly-formed division, while another advisor, Syed Tauseef Abbas, has been made the principal advisor for cable and broadcast..