NEW DELHI: Consumers can look forward to further slashing of mobile tariffs, especially SMS, with the Trai opting against any tariff regulation.
Last year, the offer of a pay-per-second plan by a new operator triggered off a price war, leading to charges of predatory pricing by some telecom operators. Around the same time, a TOI report of November 5 had exposed that SMS costs are a fraction of a paise while consumers are charged between 50 paise to Rs 1.50 to send SMSes. Both these developments invited the attention of the regulator.
Trai’s chairman J S Sarma responded by stating that the pay-per-second plans could be predatory and that Trai would seek cost data from operators and intervene if necessary. However, the attack that followed from consumer organizations, parliamentarians and media has led to the Trai backing off, at least, for now.
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