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AHMEDABAD: Gujarat high court on Wednesday asked the Centre to make its stand clear regarding the tariff order issued last year by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) for fixation of revenue sharing arrangement between the multi-system cable operators (MSO) and local cable operators (LCO).
The court gave its order in response to a petition filed through their association by over 2,000 small LCOs from across Gujarat. In their petition, they have questioned TRAI's two-tariff orders, in which provisions for revenue sharing between MSO and LCO has been fixed.
The petitioners have claimed that such a provision mandates LCOs to share information about their subscriber base with MSOs. They are also made to share their network with the MSOs. Besides, the LCOs have to collect information regarding consumers' preferences for channels and other information and share them with the MSOs.
The LCOs have contended that sharing information and revenue with MSOs jeopardizes their interest. Under the pretext of filling up forms to gather information about viewers' preferences coupled with sharing of network could result in monopoly of MSOs like 'In Cable Network' or GTPL. Hence these provisions laid down by TRAI should be quashed by holding them unconstitutional.
Further hearing on this subject is kept for two weeks later.
Local cable operators move HC against Trai order - Times Of India
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The court gave its order in response to a petition filed through their association by over 2,000 small LCOs from across Gujarat. In their petition, they have questioned TRAI's two-tariff orders, in which provisions for revenue sharing between MSO and LCO has been fixed.
The petitioners have claimed that such a provision mandates LCOs to share information about their subscriber base with MSOs. They are also made to share their network with the MSOs. Besides, the LCOs have to collect information regarding consumers' preferences for channels and other information and share them with the MSOs.
The LCOs have contended that sharing information and revenue with MSOs jeopardizes their interest. Under the pretext of filling up forms to gather information about viewers' preferences coupled with sharing of network could result in monopoly of MSOs like 'In Cable Network' or GTPL. Hence these provisions laid down by TRAI should be quashed by holding them unconstitutional.
Further hearing on this subject is kept for two weeks later.
Local cable operators move HC against Trai order - Times Of India
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