The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) on 31st July has floated a consultation paper (CP) on ‘Definition of Revenue Base (AGR) for the Reckoning of Licence Fee and Spectrum Usage Charges’. The CP has been undertaken suo moto under Section 11(1)(a)(ii) of the TRAI Act, 1997.
The objective of the CP is to initiate an exercise to review the definition of gross revenue (GR) and the permissible deductions to arrive at adjusted gross revenue (AGR) in the context of the National Telecom Policy 2012, the changes made in the licensing regime, the transition from the administrative allocation regime towards market-determined prices for spectrum, and the conclusion of tenure of many licences. The CP provides relevant background information on the subject covering various issues. Some of the important issues covered in the paper include:
Definition of GR and permissible deductions to arrive at AGR
Components of GR and AGR and minimum presumptive AGR
Rates of licence fee and spectrum usage charges
Formats of statements of revenue and licence fee
Audit and verifiability of revenue and licence fee
Written comments on the issues raised in the CP are invited from stakeholders by 1 September and counter-comments by 8 September. For any clarifications on the consultation paper, Shri Maruthi P. Tangirala, Advisor (F&EA-II), TRAI to be contacted (email-id: mtangirala@trai.gov.in).
Source: http://cablequest.org/news/national-news/item/5619-cq-trai-floats-paper-on-definition-of-agr-for-reckoning-of-licence-fee.html
Source: http://cablequest.org/news/national-news/item/5619-cq-trai-floats-paper-on-definition-of-agr-for-reckoning-of-licence-fee.html
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