COAI to reiterate its request to defer new call drop norms implementation

Industry body COAI will reiterate its request to Trai to extend the implementation of revised call drop norms by six months as telecom operators need time to make changes and in case the sectoral regulator goes ahead with October 1 deadline, the industry should not be penalized for a couple of quarters.

COAI Director General Rajan Mathews said operators need to put in codes in telecom towers and it requires time, so a leeway of six months should be granted to them.

He further said implementing the new norms from October 1 will let most of the operators breaching the