The deadline for filing comments and counter comments has been extended till February 28 and March 13, respectively.
Warning that the exercise (of fixing tariffs) was deemed 'markdistorting' by economists, the consultation paper floated by the telecom watchdog on December 17 asks if there is a case for regulatory intervention to fix a floor price in a market that recently saw tariff hikes of up to 50%. It has further sought views from the industry stakeholders on methodology to compute the floor rate. It has even asked in case the regulator fixes a floor price, would it also cap the tariff rate.
The regulator had earlier invited industry stakeholders to submit their responses over the matter by January 17, 2020, and counter-comments by January 31, 2020.
Trai said that it had extended the time for submission of comments as it received requests from a number of stakeholders.
Trai had floated the consultation paper as the sector and the government prodded it to come up with a floor price so that telcos could see improvements in their ARPUs and end what some players called hyper-competition.
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