Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) Chairman Rahul Khullar has warned telecom service providers against increasing call rates and other tariffs beyond the base (maximum) rates in a bid to pay off their debts.
“I do not expect headline tariff to change. If they change, as and when they change, I have told the industry, then the TRAI reserves the right to go back and look at it again if forbearance should be continued or not. I am being open, there is nothing to hide,” Mr. Khullar said here on Wednesday. Apprehensions over an increase in rates were spiked after TRAI recently released its recommendations on spectrum sharing and lowering of leased line rates that could lead to cost savings for mobile operators.
