Share details of all segmented tariff offers, Trai tells telcos

KOLKATA: The telecom regulator has asked phone companies to share details of all segmented tariff offers issued between April 2018 and March 2019 on a monthly basis, a move which could raise the hackles of older telcos who have been opposing such a mandate.

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India Wednesday also said it wants telcos to share details of segmented offers from April 2019 onwards within 10 working days from the last day of the month.

The direction comes after the Telecom Disputes Settlement & Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT) last December dismissed its regulation that required telcos to report segmented offers. Trai, though, has justified its latest direction, citing a section of TDSAT’s December 2018 verdict that allows it “to call for details of any segmented offer on which it may have received complaints” or to assess whether “such offers are truly non-discriminatory”.