Trai unlikely to intervene in telecom tariffs, floor price for now: Sources

With large telecom operators planning a rate hike in coming days, Trai is unlikely to make an immediate intervention on tariff issues, including fixation of any floor price as of now despite industry’s demands, sources said.

Sources aware of Trai’s views on the issue said that making any fresh move on floor prices or intervention does not make sense at this point, given that operators have already announced plans to hike tariffs in coming days.

Sources said any move by Trai now may “derail” the process that has been initiated at the operators’ end. The regulators considers intervention to be the “last resort”.

As operators have already announced that they will increase tariffs, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) will wait to see how the entire situation unfolds.