Trai Dismisses Rumours About Postponement of New Cable TV Tariff Implementation

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has refuted claims that the deadline for transitioning to the new Trai mandated tariff scheme has been pushed beyond its set date. Dismissing the rumours that were spreading about the postponement of timeline for migration to new tariff regime till February 1, Trai said that consumers should not delay the transition to the new tariff regime and they should begin the process at the earliest. The regulator said in its statement, “It has been brought to the notice of the Authority that certain rumours and messages are being floated that the implementation of the new framework has been postponed or stopped or is being modified.”

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No Modification to Existing Schedule for Migration

A video of a member of Parliament was found being circulated in which the minister was addressing a meeting of cable operator where he said that the deadline for the introduction of the new tariff regime had been pushed beyond June 2019, after the general elections. However, Trai dismissed these statements and said that there is no basis to these delays and there has also been no postponement. Trai reinforced that the new tariff regime came into effect on December 29 as DTH and cable operators published their pricing and plans.

As per an Ultra news report, Trai in its statement said, “The schedule of activities has been duly communicated to all the service providers for reaching out to the consumers and obtaining choices. Trai is conducting review meetings regularly to monitor the progress. All the service providers are again advised to strictly observe the timelines as provided in the migration plan dated December 28, 2018.” The regulator, again and again, asserted that the consumers should not wait for the last minute to migrate to the new tariff regime and they should inform their operator about the channel selection at the earliest to ensure no hassle during the last minute.