Trai extends deadline for views on critical topics

Without a full-time chairman for more than a month, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has extended the deadline several times to receive comments and counter-comments for an unprecedented 12 papers, including critical ones on national broadcasting policy and E and V band airwaves, besides quality of services. PD Vaghela retired as the Trai chairman on September 30 and since then the post has been lying vacant.

Following are the papers for which the deadlines for comments and counter-comments have been extended.