Telecom operators warn of #Tariff hike

Seeking withdrawal of the new regulation on compensating callers for call drops, the telecom industry on Tuesday warned that the “grossly unjust” rules will lead to increase in mobile tariffs for consumers. The operators added zero call drop is impossible to achieve.
In a joint letter to the telecom regulator TRAI, the two industry bodies – COAI and AUSPI – said the regulation in fact will lead to a sharp increase in call drops rather than reducing them as countless customers will cause the calls to drop to obtain Rs 3 per day as compensation.
“To recover this cost of compensation, telecom operators will have to increase tariffs leading to customer spending more to purchase telecom services,” the letter added. Earlier this month, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) mandated telecom service providers to pay subscribers Rs 1 for every call drop they experience on their network, subject to a cap of three call drops a day, starting from January 1, 2016.