Trai issues draft rules on network testing norms for wireline services

The number of test subscribers that can be enrolled by an operator in a circle should be limited to 5 per cent of its installed network capacity for that area.

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) on Tuesday issued draft recommendations on ‘network testing before commercial launch of wireline services’ as it mooted a 90-day limit on the test phase involving trial subscribers in such cases.
 
Trai has sought stakeholders’ views on the draft recommendations that are modelled on the lines similar to norms that it had previously prescribed in the case of mobile services.
 
“Most of the issues raised during the consultation process for the norms for network testing before commercial launch for mobile services, are equally applicable for wireline access services. However, according to the