Trai recommends slashing authorisation charges for DTH, radio services

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has recommended that the authorisation fee for direct-to-home (DTH) service operators be slashed to 3 per cent of adjusted gross revenue (AGR), down from the current 8 per cent.

The regulator has outlined plans to eliminate the fee entirely after 2026-27. It has also reduced the bank guarantee needed for DTH services to ₹5 crore, or 20 per cent of the authorisation fee for two quarters, whichever is higher.