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TRAI Allows DTH Service Providers to Share Telecom Infrastructure
The Business Guardian
|February 22, 2025
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has given big relief to direct-to-home (DTH) service providers.
In its recommendations for broadcasting services under the Telecommunications Act of 2023, it has proposed reducing the licence fee for DTH service providers to 3 per cent of AGR as against the current 8 per cent. It has also recommended no authorization fee after 2026-27.
TRAI has also recommended reducing the bank guarantee requirement for DTH and Headend-in-the-Sky (HITS) services, lowering the processing fee for HITS services from Rs1 lakh to Rs10,000, and extending the validity of HITS service authorization from 10 years to 20 years, with a renewal option every 10 years.
This story is from the February 22, 2025 edition of The Business Guardian.
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