Telecom Commission Gives Nod For Network Testing; Caps Trial To 180 Days

September 2, 2018

The Telecom Commission on Friday approved the norms for telcos to conduct network testing before the commercial launch of mobile services but capped the test phase for such trials to 180 days.

The Telecom Commission -- which is the highest decision-making body of the Communications Ministry -- also decided to ask the telecom regulator to prescribe a framework for testing of fixed-line services.
"Now these decisions (TRAI's recommendations) were accepted and it was decided that...although TRAI had left extensions beyond 90 days to the DoT (Department of Telecom), the Telecom Commission felt there should be an absolute finality to it, so it should be capped at 180 days," Telecom Secretary Aruna Sundararajan told reporters after the meeting of Telecom Commission.

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