Trai seeks inputs to rollout authorisation mechanism for telecom services

After the Telecommunications Act, 2023 paved way for replacing the present licensing regime with an authorisation mechanism, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) on Thursday started the consultation process on the same.

The consultation involves merging different licences into a single authorisation regime, removing redundant licences, kind of fee and levies if a unified service authorisation is introduced for end to end telecom services, provision of bank guarantees, changes needed for ease of doing business, among other things.