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Mobile Tariff Hike; Centre Clears The Confusion

The government of India has responded to the misleading claim regarding mobile tariff hike. Clearing the confusion the government said that supply and demand is deriving the present mobile services industry, with three players in the private sector and one in the public.

The Telecom Regulatory Authority said that market forces decides the rates of telecommunication services, within the regulatory framework notified by independent regulator.

“The government does not intervene in the free market decisions as the functionality is under the domain of TRAI and tariffs are under forbearance,” said the regulator.

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The TRAI clarified that the telecom service providers have raised the prices of mobile tariff after a long span of more than 2 years.

“In the last two years, some of the TSPs have invested heavily in rolling out the 5G services across the country. This has resulted into a significant increase in median mobile speed to the level of 100 Mbps and jump in India’s international rank from 111, in October 2022, to 15 today,” the TRAI explained.

The TRAI stated that, in addition to safeguarding subscriber interests, “the financial viability of the sector is important” for the orderly evolution of the telecommunications industry, which includes investments in cutting-edge technologies like 5G, 6G, IoT/M2M for Industry 4.0, etc.

Prior to the last ten years, the telecommunications industry was beset by scandals and a dearth of transparency, which prevented mobile service expansion from accelerating

“During the last 10 years, due to progressive policies of the government, the rates of telecommunication services be it voice or data, have fallen exponentially,” said the telecom regulatory body.

Shibra Arshad

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