TRAI issues simplified format for cable operators

NEW DELHI, INDIA: India's telecom regulator TRAI has issued a simplified version of the format in different Indian languages for submitting information by small cable operators regarding their operational and financial status required for the exercise of tariff issues.

All cable operators who have less than 500 subscribers are requested to fill up this format and submit the same to TRAI by post/fax/e-mail by February 28, 2010, TRAI said in a press release today.

TRAI said it has undertaken the exercise relating to tariff for Cable TV Services in Non-CAS areas in pursuance of the Supreme Court order dated May 13 2009. On January 18, 2010, the apex court had directed that this exercise should be completed by June 30, 2010.

The move is in response to the representations from some quarters indicating that some small cable operators in non-CAS areas may not have access to computers and they may be unable to understand the format fully.