Industry body COAI has urged telecom regulator TRAI to grant at least six weeks of additional time to telcos to file monthly and quarterly reports which are due in April 2020.
The association cited massive efforts being undertaken by telecom companies to overcome "numerous operational challenges" in order to keep vital networks up and running amid the 21-day nationwide lockdown to counter the spread of coronavirus.
In a letter to Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) Chairman RS Sharma, the Cellular Operators' Association of India (COAI) said that it is "extremely difficult for our members to submit various monthly and quarterly reports on the due date as per the requirements of TRAI as most of these reports require circle wise compilation and their compilation in the current environment will not be possible."
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