118 MSOs in India have been given clear instructions by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) to deliver their tariff packages. The MSOs have been given less than a week to submit the details.
The authority has also given MSOs only 10 days to submit their interconnection agreements that was entered with the broadcasters for re-transmission of channels. Especially the ones entered with cable networks in DAS areas. The statement read, “Every MSO, according to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India Act, 1997 (24 of 1997) and regulation 5, 8 & 9 of the Telecommunication (Broadcasting and Cable Services) Interconnection (Digital Addressable Cable Television Systems) Regulation, 2012 (No. 9 of 2012), is required to have such interconnection agreement in DAS areas.”
TRAI has been cracking down on both MSOs and LCOs lately. Most recently TRAI officials met up with Chennai based MSOs and warned action against them if they didn’t stop the transmission of analogue signals. There is also a problem with CAF forms as many MSOs in DAS regions are unable to complete them within the deadline stipulated by TRAI.
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