In an agenda paper, the chamber has suggested an `universal access tax', under which all operators would have to pay a small percentage of their income to a common fund. This fund can be utilised to set up the proposed National Rural Telecommunication Corporation. The project would relieve the existing operators including DoT from laying rural communication network.

The rural communication should be self-generating and by providing initial support, this project could be a success. Alongwith this, fund and rural telecommunication body, Assocham has mooted the formation of a national development council for telecommunication and IT.