Now send free SMS after limit of 100 per day: TRAI
TRAI on Wednesday removed a specific provision that required telecom operators to charge at least 50 paise per SMS for text messages
New Delhi: TRAI on Wednesday removed a specific provision that required telecom operators to charge at least 50 paise per SMS for text messages exceeding 100 on a single connection per day, taking into account the interest of "genuine non-commercial bulk users".
This means operators will have a free hand in fixing charges for such bulk SMS by non-commercial users, and Trai's practice of forbearance will extend to such messages too, an official explained.
"Schedule XIII of the Telecommunication Tariff Order 1999 made it obligatory for telecom service providers to charge a minimum of 50 paise per SMS for every SMS exceeding 100 SMSes per SIM per day.
"Considering the comprehensiveness of TCCCPR 2018 (Telecom Commercial Communications Customer Preference Regulations) 2018 in dealing with the menace Unsolicited Commercial Communications, it was felt that tariff regulation which has the potential of adversely affecting the interests of genuine non-commercial bulk users of SMS is no longer required and therefore can be removed," Trai said.