Telecom regulator TRAI has approached the Supreme Court against a TDSAT order, which dismissed its predatory pricing tariff rule, Parliament was informed Wednesday.
Under the predatory pricing tariff rule, TRAI had barred telecom operators with over 30 per cent market share from offering services at a price which is below the average cost to reduce competition or eliminate the competitors. The regulator has also said that telcos will have to provide services in a non-discriminatory manner.
Sinha said that transparency in tariff is and has always been an issue of prime concern for the government and the regulator has issued several orders, directions and guidelines on the same.