SC allows TRAI to increase non-addressable tariff

The stage is set for the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) to increase tariff for non-addressable system as the Supreme Court has accepted the sector regulator’s application that will allow it to revise tariff to make adjustments for inflation. 

The apex court has posted the matter for hearing on 9 July. 

TRAI had on 20 February filed an application in Supreme Court seeking permission to revise tariff for non-addressable since it has not been able to undertake the exercise since 2009 as the matter is sub judice. 

In its application, the TRAI had said that the present tariff was based on the figures of 2009 and therefore there was a need for across the board adjustments in tariff to compensate for increased costs due to inflation. 

The authority had challenged a Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunals’ (TDSAT) order quashing the tariff order issued by it in 2007 that capped the a la carte price of channels for addressable system at 35 per cent of non-addressable system rates. 

Consequently, the apex court had set aside the TDSAT order and raised the addressable system tariff to 42 per cent of non-addressable system.

Source: http://cablequest.org/news/legal-news/item/4362-sc-allows-trai-to-increase-non-addressable-tariff.html
Source: http://cablequest.org/news/legal-news/item/4362-sc-allows-trai-to-increase-non-addressable-tariff.html