Cable operators plan protests against new tariff order

MUMBAI: After broadcasters, the local cable operators (LCOs) across India are now planning protests against Trai’s latest amendments to the new tariff order (NTO).

Cable operators are strongly objecting to the new mandate that caps network capacity fee (NCF) at `160 and a 60% discount on second and third TV sets in the same household.

“We are going to challenge some of the regulations, mainly with respect to NCF,” Arvind Prabhoo, president of the Maharashtra Cable Operators Foundation (MCOF) said. On Sunday, MCOF called a meeting of the LCOs from across the country in Mumbai, which was attended by heads of over 40 state and city cable operators’ associations from Delhi, Bengaluru, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka as well Maharashtra.