Unlike others Reliance Jio Infocomm and Reliance Communications have suggested that the charges should be brought down to zero at the earliest
At present, two separate regulatory frameworks are applicable for inter-connection of services
Draft paper says every broadcaster should declare the nature of each channel as 'free to air' or 'pay' for different geographical areas
Assures them it will look into their arguments
"For us, every consumer has an equal right. Everybody must have the facility to get their calls through"
The operators had written to Trai that Jio's voice tariffs are in violation of Trai's 30th amendment to TTO order
Reliance Jio and incumbent operators are at loggerheads over PoI to facilitate voice calls among their networks
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has extended the date for receiving comments on its discussion paper on interconnect usage charges (IUC) for the second time as stakeholders have sought more time to formulate their responses in view of the coming spectrum auction.Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has extended the date to October 17 for written comments and counter-comments can be sent by October 31.The consultation paper was issued on August 5, 2016, and last date for sending comments was fixed at September 5, which was extended to September 26.
Trai has asked them to furnish the said data from September 15-19
Trai has already extended the deadline by three weeks for receiving industry's comments on the IUC discussion paper
The move will enable the regulator to look at the pattern, including asymmetric traffic on networks
Gartner estimates that IoT will support total services spending of $235 billion in 2016
The move may help the regulator analyse allegations by RIL group firm against incumbents on interconnection issue
Earlier Jio had said the points of interconnection provided by other operators were not sufficient
On Friday, Jio insisted that the director general of COAI leave the meeting involving top three telcos and Trai
COAI said that operators are in no position by way of network or financially to terminate volumes of traffic that are markedly asymmetric
Trai in July had released a consultation paper, seeking views on making broadband available through public Wi-Fi networks
Earlier, the last date to send comments was September 5
Govt advises industry to discuss issue with regulator, telecom dept
It is not clear which revenue [SUC] will be linked to...revenue derived from that spectrum or the entire revenue: Rajesh Chharia