Regulator moves court over blocked calls
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has cracked down on cellular firms for blocking calls from wireless-in-local-loop services for some time in January after a dispute over sharing revenue.
The regulatory body has moved high courts in the circles where the calls were blocked and has sought permission to fine the implicated firms.
Officials said Trai had to take recourse to the law because the Trai Act did not empower it to punish. Trai has to seek permission before taking action against violators. The proposed fine on the cellular firms that blocked calls is a one-time payment of Rs 1 lakh and Rs 2 lakh for every day they failed to implement the Trai order.
In January, cellular operators had refused to pass through calls from limited mobility operators, alleging that the revenue-sharing arrangement between the two was tilted in the latter
