MUMBAI: Amid several ongoing speculations on changes in the new tariff order (NTO), Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) chairman RS Sharma clarified that the regulatory body does not have any plan to revise the pricing framework. He also added that it is only trying to fine-tune it due to certain issues consumers are facing.

“The framework is already fixed. There is no proposal to change any component of that framework, and if somebody is making a point that we (TRAI) are changing the framework, it is absolutely false. Since this framework has started operating, we have observed that certain issues largely related to consumers have cropped up. We are only trying to fine-tune it,” Sharma said in an interview with the Economic Times.

He also added that the consultation paper which stirred the recent controversies is not about changing the framework but it is bringing perfection in the phenomenon observed in the last few months. After finding certain issues, it brought the consultation paper on the table. But it may tweak a few parameters if it finds that all parameters are not working fine.

“We are ensuring that consumers have a choice and are empowered to exercise their choice. Our objective is not to increase or decrease ARPU. Our aim is to enable the consumers to choose channels and safeguard them against any obstacle in their path,” he said.