The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has taken up the issue of the telecom operators 'arbitrarily' disconnecting services of subscribers owing to 'non-usage of numbers' or 'inactive SIM connections' and has released a consultation paper on the issue.
ccording to the TRAI, around 20 crore SIM cards have been inactive for a particular period of time, while total balance due on that account is about Rs. 128.9 crore. The regulator noted that subscribers have to taken to various platforms/forums to complain that their mobile connections were being disconnected arbitrarily by telecom operators.
“Mobile number series allocated to the wireless access service providers for provisioning of mobile numbers are becoming increasingly scarce because of a significant growth in the number of wireless connections coupled with the presence of a large number of competitive wireless access service providers. It has been observed that a significant number of wireless connections are not used for long periods of time. This results in avoidable blocking of scarce numbering resources,” says the telecom regulator in a release.
ccording to the TRAI, around 20 crore SIM cards have been inactive for a particular period of time, while total balance due on that account is about Rs. 128.9 crore. The regulator noted that subscribers have to taken to various platforms/forums to complain that their mobile connections were being disconnected arbitrarily by telecom operators.
“Mobile number series allocated to the wireless access service providers for provisioning of mobile numbers are becoming increasingly scarce because of a significant growth in the number of wireless connections coupled with the presence of a large number of competitive wireless access service providers. It has been observed that a significant number of wireless connections are not used for long periods of time. This results in avoidable blocking of scarce numbering resources,” says the telecom regulator in a release.
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