Trai Appoints Nine Agencies to Audit Addressable Systems of DPOs

In line with the new Telecom Regulatory Framework, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has appointed nine agencies to conduct an audit of the Digital Addressable Systems (DAS). The list of these auditors include CA Anil Kumar Jain, Borkar & Muzumdar, Peeyush Vaish, Partner, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu India LLP, Rahul Shah, Associate Partner, Ernst & Young LLP, Jitendra Kumar Sarawgi, Managing Partner, J.K. Sarawgi & Company, Jeenendra Bhandari, Partner, MGB & Co LLP, Koushik Balasubramanian, Senior Director, Protiviti India Member, Laxmikant Saini, Partner, S. M Saini & Associates;, Gaurav Mittal, Partner, S.K. Mittal & Co. Chartered Accountants, and Vishwanath Kumar Seshadari, Director, Xestion Advisor.

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Firms to be Empanelled for Two Year Period

It was back in March, when the telecom regulator had issued a tender document inviting expression of interest from eligible audit firms, companies or LLPs. The tender document entailed the empanelment of auditors to carry out an audit of DAS of the distribution platform operators. The regulator has noted that the concerned firm will be empanelled for a period of two years from the date of empanelment. These empanelled firms will then have to submit quarterly reports about the audits that they conduct in the particular quarter. The reports would have to be submitted within 21 days after the end of the quarter. Also, these firms have been said to report any discrepancy if noticed in the DAS of the DPOs during the audit.

Auditors to Also Look Beyond DAS