Non-implementation of new tariff regime will lead to chaos in broadcasting sector: Trai

NEW DELHI/ MUMBAI: The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has expressed that the new broadcasting framework – notified on January 1st this year and challenged by the broadcasters in the Bombay high court – would empower consumers to choose TV channels of their choice. This is despite the fact that the high court is currently hearing the final arguments in the matter.
Trai is of the view that non-implementation of amended tariff order is leading to chaos and would bring back discriminatory practices in the sector.
“Non-implementation of January 2020 amendments is jeopardising the business process, which has been harmonised after 2017 Regulatory framework and the delay and uncertainty in the implementation will again bring back non-transparency and discriminatory practices in the sector, wherein industry was full of litigation and there was no choice of channels to consumers,” Trai chairman Ram Sewak Sharma told ET.