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TRAI looking into issues faced by MSOs and LCOs: Parmeswaran
NEW DELHI: The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) is committed to the cause of digitisation and is well aware of the Herculean task ahead of it. It is looking seriously into various issues faced by the multi-system operators (MSOs) and the local cable operators (LCOs), which include billing, entertainment tax and other taxation, said TRAI principal advisor N Parmeswaran.
Speaking at the industry event Satcab Symposium, Parmeswaran responded to queries and issues of many LCOs. On billing issues, he said that the subscriber management system (SMS) in the head-end has all the details of the subscribers and that is why the MSO has been made responsible.
“If you look at the regulation closely, we haven’t stated that the MSOs will raise the bill directly, but they will be responsible. For the past 20 years, MSOs and LCOs have worked together, so why can’t they do it now? Our aim is the same—that the subscriber gets detailed billing, which they should pay and get a receipt for it. LCOs can’t manage such micro details single-handedly,” he said.
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NEW DELHI: The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) is committed to the cause of digitisation and is well aware of the Herculean task ahead of it. It is looking seriously into various issues faced by the multi-system operators (MSOs) and the local cable operators (LCOs), which include billing, entertainment tax and other taxation, said TRAI principal advisor N Parmeswaran.
Speaking at the industry event Satcab Symposium, Parmeswaran responded to queries and issues of many LCOs. On billing issues, he said that the subscriber management system (SMS) in the head-end has all the details of the subscribers and that is why the MSO has been made responsible.
“If you look at the regulation closely, we haven’t stated that the MSOs will raise the bill directly, but they will be responsible. For the past 20 years, MSOs and LCOs have worked together, so why can’t they do it now? Our aim is the same—that the subscriber gets detailed billing, which they should pay and get a receipt for it. LCOs can’t manage such micro details single-handedly,” he said.
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