{"id":9582,"date":"2024-07-06T15:30:18","date_gmt":"2024-07-06T10:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/matribhumisamachar.com\/en\/?p=9582"},"modified":"2024-07-06T15:30:18","modified_gmt":"2024-07-06T10:00:18","slug":"clarifying-misinformation-ministry-of-communications-addresses-recent-mobile-services-tariff-adjustments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/matribhumisamachar.com\/en\/2024\/07\/06\/clarifying-misinformation-ministry-of-communications-addresses-recent-mobile-services-tariff-adjustments\/","title":{"rendered":"Clarifying Misinformation: Ministry of Communications Addresses Recent Mobile Services Tariff Adjustments"},"content":{"rendered":"

1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0As per the Provisions of TRAI Act 1997, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), an independent regulator for telecommunication services, regulates the rates of telecommunication services in the country. Since last two decades, the rates of mobile services has been kept under forbearance by TRAI. The policies of the Government and regulatory framework notified by TRAI has resulted into one of the lowest cost for subscribers of mobile services in India.\u00a0 For minimum mobile , voice and data basket consisting of 140 min + 70 SMS + 2GB, comparison of mobile services pricing, as published by International Telecommunication Union (ITU) (2023) in some of the neighboring and advanced countries is given below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Economy<\/strong><\/td>\nMeasure Names<\/strong><\/td>\nMeasure Values<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
India and neighbouring countries<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
China<\/td>\n\u00a0USD<\/td>\n8.84<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Afghanistan<\/td>\n\u00a0USD<\/td>\n4.77<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bhutan<\/td>\n\u00a0USD<\/td>\n4.62<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bangladesh<\/td>\n\u00a0USD<\/td>\n3.24<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nepal (Republic of)<\/td>\n\u00a0USD<\/td>\n2.75<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
India*<\/td>\n\u00a0USD<\/td>\n1.89<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pakistan<\/td>\n\u00a0USD<\/td>\n1.39<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Other Countries<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
USA<\/td>\nUSD<\/td>\n49<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Australia<\/td>\n\u00a0USD<\/td>\n20.1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
South Africa<\/td>\n\u00a0USD<\/td>\n15.8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
UK<\/td>\nUSD<\/td>\n12.5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Russian Federation<\/td>\n\u00a0USD<\/td>\n6.55<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Brazil<\/td>\n\u00a0USD<\/td>\n6.06<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Indonesia<\/td>\n\u00a0USD<\/td>\n3.29<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Egypt<\/td>\n\u00a0USD<\/td>\n2.55<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

*Note<\/u>: In case of India, at an average price of 1.89 USD per month, practically unlimited voice and 18GB per month is available to mobile subscribers.<\/em><\/p>\n

2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The license conditions relating to tariff for mobile services is reproduced below:<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Licensee will charge the tariffs for the Service as per the Tariff orders\/ regulations\/ directions\/decisions issued by TRAI form time to time.\u00a0 The licensee shall also fulfill requirements regarding publication of tariffs, notifications and provision of information as directed by TRAI through its orders\/ regulations\/ directions issued from time to time as per the provisions of TRAI Act, 1997 as amended from time to time\u201d.<\/em><\/p>\n

3.\u00a0\u00a0In India, presently, the mobile services are being delivered by three private sector licensees and one public sector licensee.\u00a0 From the competition point of view, this is an optimal market structure for mobile services.<\/p>\n

4.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The rates of telecommunication services are decided by market forces, within the regulatory framework notified by the independent regulator ie. TRAI.\u00a0 The Government does not intervene in the free market decisions as the functionality is under the domain of TRAI and tariffs are under forbearance.\u00a0 Any change in the tariff of mobile services is notified by TSPs to the TRAI, which monitors, that such changes are within the prescribed regulatory framework. It is pertinent to mention here that the TSPs have increased the prices of mobile services after more than 2 years. In last 2 years, some of the TSPs have invested heavily in rolling out the 5G services across the country. This has resulted into a significant increase in median mobile speed to the level of 100 Mbps and jump in the India\u2019s international rank from 111, in October 2022, to 15 today.<\/p>\n

5. \u00a0While protecting the interests of subscribers , for orderly growth of the telecommunication sector, which include investments in the latest technologies like 5G, 6G, IoT\/ M2M for Industry 4.0 etc., the financial viability of the sector is important.<\/p>\n

6.\u00a0\u00a0Before last 10 years, the telecommunication sector was mired in controversies, lack of transparency and therefore, growth of mobile services was stagnant. During the last 10 years, due to progressive policies of the Government, the rates of telecommunication services be it voice or data, have fallen exponentially.\u00a0 The Government has been a beneficiary of a large amount of non tax revenue from spectrum auction which has been fully transparent and efficient.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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