TRAI Orders Operators to offer ‘Per Second Pulse Rate’

After TRAI’s amendment to the Telecommunication Tariff Order (TTO) it has become mandatory for service providers to offer in each service area atleast one tariff plan each for both postpaid and prepaid subscriber with a uniform pulse rate of ‘one second’.

The rates for Premium Rate Services currently levied by service providers are substantially higher vis-à-vis the normal tariff applicable for a two-way communication due to the fact that the charges levied also include the price for content.

Keeping in view the fact that calls and SMS made for participating in competition and voting hardly contain any content, the Authority has mandated that tariff for such calls and SMS shall not exceed four times of the applicable local call/ SMS charges. The amendment also provides flexibility to service providers to apply revision in ILD tariff uniformly for new as well as existing subscribers.