TRAI extends dates for comments on MVAS paper

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has announced more time to the stakeholders, who were asked to give suggestions for a consultation paper on "Mobile Value Added Services (MVAS)" on 21 July 2011. The last date for receipt of comments has been extended to 23 August and for counter comments to 30 August. 

Quoting from the IAMAI report, TRAI said entertainment had a share of 57 per cent compared to 39 per cent share for information and only four per cent for m-commerce. 

Entertainment includes ringtones, music, contests, and voting games and so on. The total revenue from entertainment is Rs 67.6 billion. The revenue from information MVAS is around Rs 46.25 billion, whereas revenue from M-commerce is merely Rs 4.72 billion. 

In its paper, TRAI had sought the opinion of stakeholders on whether the current provisions under various licenses (UASL, CMTS, Basic and ISP) are adequate to grow the MVAS market to the desired level. MVAS is expected to be the next wave for growth and a large chunk of revenue is expected to flow in from MVAS in the near future.

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