Customers won’t be charged for holding multiple SIMs, says Trai

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has not proposed introducing fees for mobile and landline numbers to ensure the efficient allocation and use of these finite resources, the regulator clarified on Friday.

The regulator quelled speculations that it intends to impose charges on customers for holding multiple SIMs or numbering resources.

Aiming to create a sustainable pool of new phone numbers for the country’s nearly 1.2 billion and rising mobile phone connections, Trai last week issued a consultation paper on revising the National Numbering Plan.