Mar 01, 2018

The Telecommunication Interconnection Regulations, 2018

In addition to the existing framework of interconnection in India under the Unified License regime, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (‘TRAI’) has, on January 1, 2018, issued the Telecommunication Interconnection Regulations, 2018 which have been made applicable to all telecom service providers (‘TSPs’) in India with effect from February 1, 2018. These regulations, inter alia, provide for important aspects of interconnection, such as, the procedure for entering into interconnection agreements, bank guarantee to be furnished by TSPs prior to entering into agreements, interconnection charges, framework for provisioning of initial interconnection and augmentation of points of interconnection (‘POIs’), disconnection of POIs and financial disincentive on interconnection matters.

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