Accordingly as if news of the Digital Communications Commission (DCC) confirming the Rs 3050 crore fine wasn’t enough, comes news that the telecom companies have had to pay penalties for call drops etc. in 2018. Even though the overall amount of Rs 2.6 crore for three quarters in 2018 does not sound significant, this revelation in Parliament further confirms that these companies are not having a great time.
Recently the DCC upheld the 2016 order of the TRAI which imposed a penalty of Rs 3,050 crore on Vodafone Idea and Airtel for not providing sufficient interconnection ports at their end so that the calls from Jio customers to customers of these established players could be allowed to go through. Furthermore the information on the fines imposed for deficiencies in service, in line with the fresh set of regulations announced by the TRAI with effect from October 2017, was provided by ravi shankar Prasad, the minister handling the telecommunications portfolio.
Moreover Telecom minister said that TRAI has found that the companies offering telecommunications services in the country were by and large in compliance with the license terms as well as the parameters set by the regulator. Perhaps the other two operators, Airtel and BSNL, had three circles each from where non-compliance reports have been generated.
