Trai brushes aside telcos’ claims on call drop compensation

Telecom regulator Trai has refuted claims by mobile operators that call drop compensation will have huge financial implications for them and may not be technically possible to implement.
In a statement today, Trai said it’s technically possible for the operators to implement the regulation and termed the claim of Rs 54,000 crore per year on account of call drop compensation as “exaggerated”.
It put the likely figure at Rs 200 crore per quarter. “It is observed that the to