Trai National Tariff Order 2.0: All 200 FTA Channels Will Be Provided at Rs 130

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) already released amendments it will make to the National Tariff Order 1.0. NTO 2.0 will focus on several areas like the reduction of NCF for Multi TV users, more FTA channels in the initial slab of Rs 130, changes to how bouquets and discounts being offered by broadcasters and operators, and more. The implementation of NTO 2.0 will see a lot of DTH and Cable TV users coming back and renewing their subscription because the new changes are said to make subscriptions affordable by at least 15%. One of the major change which NTO 2.0 will bring is to Network Capacity Fee (NCF); Trai introduced NCF charges with NTO 1.0 wherein every DTH, Cable TV subscriber will have to pay mandatory charges of Rs 153 (including taxes) every month. In return, subscribers will be offered 100 free-to-air channels for Rs 153. However, this is set to change with the new tariff order 2.0.

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More FTA Channels in Initial NCF Slab Likely to Bring Back Subscribers

After the new Trai tariff regime, almost every subscriber complained of increased TV subscription. Earlier, there was nothing as Network Capacity Fee (NCF), but mandatory charges of Rs 153 every month means subscribers faced at least 20% increased bills. Consumers even urged that Trai should bring down the NCF price to less than Rs 100. However, Trai is having other plans. Instead of reducing the NCF price altogether, the sector regulator will provide almost twice the number of channels in the initial slab of Rs 130 (Rs 153 with taxes).

For the unaware, the National Tariff Order 1.0 offered just 100 channels in the base slab of Rs 130, and including taxes, the charges become Rs 153. After which, subscribers are being charged Rs 23 per month for every slab of additional 25 channels, inclusive of all taxes. So if a customer chooses FTA channels other than the initial slab of 100 channels, then they will have to pay additional charges for every channel they select. This irked a lot of users back then. While NCF pricing was an issue for the majority of customers, there were some who were disappointed with the additional FTA channel charges.