Covid-2019

Telecom industry has rejected Trai’s call to provide talk-time credit and extended validity to all prepaid mobile phone users, saying telcos had offered benefits worth over Rs 600 crore to low-income subscribers to stay connected during the lockdown, and extending it to all pre-paid customers was unjustified.

The response from Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) comes just days after Trai pulled up telcos on selective approach in extending validity and giving talktime credit. Trai had insisted that uninterrupted services need to be ensured for all prepaid subscribers amid the ongoing lockdown.