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TRAI Puts Its Foot Down: No Deadline Extension For DTH, Cable Service Providers To Implement New Tariff Regime
Swarajya Staff
Jan 25, 2019, 04:41 PM | Updated 04:41 PM IST
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Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) on Thursday (24 January) ruled out furthering the deadline to migrate to the new regime for broadcasting and cable services. The broadcasting regulator had set the migration deadline to 1 February 2019, The New Indian Express has reported.
TRAI, in a press release, said that the work related to obtaining the choice of consumers has been “progressing quite well” and that around 40 per cent of the users have already exercised their options.
“The service providers have also given their assurances that work related to seeking the options of the subscribers is in full swing, and they will take all the steps to obtain options of all their subscribers by 31 January 2019,” the broadcasting regulator said.
TRAI said that it has come to know of “certain rumours and misleading information” still being circulated contending that the regulatory body is considering further extensions of the time period for obtaining consumer choices.
The broadcasting regulator rejected such rumours and said, “There is no reason to consider any extension in view of the significant momentum in obtaining the choices and the assurances of all the service providers,”
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