Telecom operators have opposed sectoral regulator Trai's proposal to review the tariff policy, saying the current regime has appropriate regulatory measures to protect the interest of consumers.
COAI said change in the policy would not serve any additional purpose since "under the present regime of forbearance, the tariffs have been continuously monitored and customer interest has been protected."
Expressing similar sentiments, AUSPI said that present regulatory regime of forbearance is working perfectly well.
Denying any coordinated move on the part of the industry to increase prices, AUSPI said the hike in tariffs was undertaken by different operators at different points of time.
"The price increase was marginal and not a coordinated activity by the service providers based on some of the factors like rising rate of interests, higher costs of power and fuel, decline in revenue and return on capital employed, higher cost of customer acquisition, higher spectrum usage charges, security compliance, rollout of 3G
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