Trai refutes reports on charges being imposed on multiple SIMs, numbering resources

Telecom regulator Trai on Friday termed reports that it intends to impose charges on customers for holding multiple SIMs and numbering resources “unequivocally false”.

Clearing the air on the issue, Trai said the telecom department, being the sole custodian of telecommunication identifiers (TI) resources, had approached the regulator in September 2022, seeking recommendations on a revised National Numbering Plan for undertaking efficient management and judicious utilisation of numbering resources in the country.