TRAI directs the Telecom companies to offer 30 days validity plan

Tags: Economics/Business

Telecom sector regulator Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI)  on 27  January 2022, directed the telecom service providers in India to provide recharge plans with a validity of 30 days for prepaid customers.

• At present, telecom operators provide recharge plans with a validity of 28 days in the pre-paid segment .
• The TRAI notification mandates mobile phone service providers to provide one plan voucher, one special tariff voucher and one combo voucher which shall be renewable on the same day of every month.
• The telecom provider has to comply with the order within 60 days of the TRAI notification.

Telecom Regulatory Authority of India(TRAI)

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India was set up by the Government of India in 1997 under the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India Act, 1997.

Function :It was set up to regulate telecom services, including fixation/revision of tariffs for telecom services which were earlier vested in the Central Government.

Headquarters: New Delhi 

Current Chairman: Ram Sewak Sharma