The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has released an addendum to the consultation paper on ?Review of Interconnection Usage Charges?, dated April 27, 2011. This addendum of consultation paper is available on TRAI?s website, www.trai.gov.in.
TRAI had taken into account the ?incremental cost for roaming services? while deciding the ceiling of national roaming tariffs in 2007. In this addendum to the consultation paper, TRAI has asked stakeholders for their opinion on whether the incremental cost for roaming services can be excluded from the computation of the tariff ceiling for national roaming service, if the costs arising out of provision of roaming service are subsumed into the cost base taken for calculating interconnection usage charges (IUC).
Stakeholders have been requested to furnish their written comments to this addendum also to the Advisor (I&FN), TRAI by 18 May, 2011. Counter-comments, if any, may be sent by 25 May, 2011. Comments and counter-comments would be posted on TRAI?s website. The comments and counter-comments may also be sent by e-mail to jafn@trai.gov.in or trai.gov@gmail.com.
