Trai issues draft recommendations on network testing norms for wireline services

Telecom regulator Trai on Tuesday issued draft recommendations on ‘network testing before commercial launch of wireline services’ as it mooted a 90-day limit on the test phase involving trial subscribers in such cases. The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has sought stakeholders’ views on the draft recommendations that are modelled on the lines similar to norms that it had previously prescribed in the case of mobile services.

“Most of the issues raised during the consultation process for the norms for network testing before commercial launch for mobile services, are equally applicable for wireline access services. “However, as per the reference received from the Department of Telecom (DoT), this consultation paper on draft recommendations is issued to solicit the views of the stakeholders for specifying the norms of network testing before commercial launch of services for wireline access services,” Trai said.