TRAI reduces telemarketeers security deposit,registration fees

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) today issued the Telecom Commercial Communications Customer Preference (Fourteenth Amendment) Regulations, 2013 to encourage telemarketers to register with TRAI by reducing registration fees and the security deposit with the service provider.

During the implementation of the regulations, some of the major entities like banks and insurance agencies had requested TRAI to reduce the registration fees and also the security deposit with the service providers to remove the entry barrier for small dealers/ agents.

TRAI considered the issue and issued amended regulations.

The salient features are:

The registration period is extended from three to five years. The existing registered telemarketers can renew their registration by paying a renewal fee of Rs.5000/-.

The registration fee is reduced from Rs.10,000/- (Rs.1,000 Registration Fee + Rs.9,000 customer education fee) to Rs.5,000, which will be a common registration fee, without any separate customer education fee.

This initial security deposit with the service provider is reduced Rs.1,00,000/- to Rs.50,000/-.

The revised provisions of the regulations will come into effect after 30 days.