The regulator had made the provisions of the said regulations came into force w.e.f. January 2, 2020. The new regulation mandates every broadcaster to report details of interconnection agreements with DPOs including commercial details to the authority.
TRAI noted that all the provisions of the said regulations, except to the extent that they require registration of placement\/marketing agreements, are in operation, and failing to complay with the same will lead to be proceeded under the TRAI Act<\/a>, 1997.
The primary objective of the register of interconnect regulations is to formulate the contours of a reporting system for the service providers so that TRAI can get the report details of interconnection agreements including commercial details.
The provisions related to the registration of placement and marketing agreements of the said regulations were challenged before the Kerala High Court<\/a> by All India Digital Cable Federation (AIDCF).
AIDCF had pleaded before the court that the provisions related to the registration of placement\/marketing agreements is violative of the rights of the DPOs as guaranteed under Article 19(1) (g) of the Constitution of India and is also violative of the right to privacy.
<\/body>","next_sibling":[{"msid":88208507,"title":"India may have 100-150 mln 5G devices before network rollouts: Jio","entity_type":"ARTICLE","link":"\/news\/india-may-have-100-150-mln-5g-devices-before-network-rollouts\/88208507","category_name":null,"category_name_seo":"telecomnews"}],"related_content":[],"msid":88208609,"entity_type":"ARTICLE","title":"TRAI asks broadcasters and DPOs to comply with IA regulations","synopsis":"The new regulation mandates every broadcaster to report details of interconnection agreements with DPOs including commercial details to the authority.","titleseo":"telecomnews\/trai-asks-broadcasters-and-dpos-to-comply-with-ia-regulations","status":"ACTIVE","authors":[],"Alttitle":{"minfo":""},"artag":"ETBrandEquity","artdate":"2021-12-10 17:28:02","lastupd":"2021-12-10 17:28:33","breadcrumbTags":["Trai","telecom regulatory authority of india","kerala high court","trai act","distributors of TV channels","trai news","interconnection agreement trai","Policy","telecom news"],"secinfo":{"seolocation":"telecomnews\/trai-asks-broadcasters-and-dpos-to-comply-with-ia-regulations"}}" data-news_link="//www.iser-br.com/news/trai-asks-broadcasters-and-dpos-to-comply-with-ia-regulations/88208609">