Not Referred Telecom Tariffs Floor Price Issue To TRAI: DoT Source

The telecom department has not referred the issue of fixing floor price for telecom tariffs to Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, according to a source.

The Department of Telecom source also said Digital Communications Commission will meet in the first half of December and could take up the issue of spectrum auction pricing.

Asked if DoT will make any reference to TRAI over floor price for tariffs, the source said, “We don’t have any such plans”.

The source also indicated that the telecom department will not intervene in recent announcement by telecom operators to raise tariffs.—Bloomberg Quint