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Date: 2014-11-21 Category: Extra Ordinary State: Union Government Country: India

THE TELECOMMUNICATION TARIFF (FIFTY NINTH AMENDMENT) ORDER, 2014 No. 8 of 2014.

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Executive Summary: This document, the Telecommunication Tariff Fifty Ninth Amendment Order, 2014, issued on November 21, 2014, amends the Telecommunication Tariff Order of 1999. It provides exemptions on tariff reporting requirements for small Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and extends existing exemptions for access providers to ISPs regarding bulk customer tariffs. The order takes effect from the date of notification in the official Gazette. Key Points / Main Content: Amendments to Telecommunication Tariff Order, 1999: * The order is called the "Telecommunication Tariff Fifty Ninth Amendment Order, 2014". * The order comes into force from the date of its notification in the official Gazette. * In clause 7 of the Telecommunication Tariff Order, 1999, in subclause i, a in the first proviso, after the words "access provider", wherever appearing, the words "or Internet service provider" shall be inserted. Exemption for Small Internet Service Providers (ISPs): * ISPs with less than 10,000 subscribers on the last day of the preceding financial year are exempt from tariff reporting requirements during a financial year. * Exempted ISPs must still ensure their tariffs are consistent with regulatory principles and comply with all regulatory requirements. Extension of Exemption for Bulk Customer Tariffs: * The existing exemption for access providers regarding tariff schemes offered to bulk customers (through tender processes or negotiations) is extended to ISPs. Impact Analysis: Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI): Impact: TRAI's regulations are amended to reflect the tariff reporting exemptions for small ISPs and the extension of bulk customer tariff exemptions to ISPs. Action Required: Update regulatory frameworks and compliance monitoring processes to align with the new amendment. Internet Service Providers (ISPs): Impact: Small ISPs (less than 10,000 subscribers) benefit from reduced compliance costs due to tariff reporting exemptions. All ISPs benefit from the extension of bulk customer tariff exemptions. Action Required: Small ISPs should verify their subscriber count to determine eligibility for tariff reporting exemption and ensure compliance with regulatory principles. All ISPs should take note of the extension of bulk customer tariff exemptions. Telecom Access Providers: Impact: No new impact; tariff schemes offered to bulk customers remain exempt from reporting requirements. Action Required: Continue to adhere to existing regulations regarding tariff reporting exemptions for bulk customers. Consumers: Impact: Indirectly affected through potential benefits from increased competition and innovation among smaller ISPs due to reduced compliance costs. Action Required: No direct action required.

Key Entities Referenced

Telecom Regulatory Authority of India: The primary regulatory body issuing the notification and responsible for regulating the telecommunications sector in India. Telecommunication Tariff Order, 1999: A key regulatory instrument governing tariffs for telecommunication services, which is being amended by this notification. Telecommunication Tariff Fifty Ninth Amendment Order, 2014: The specific amendment order being issued, which modifies the Telecommunication Tariff Order, 1999. Internet Service Providers Association of India: An industry association representing Internet Service Providers (ISPs) in India, which requested certain exemptions from tariff reporting requirements. New Delhi: The city where the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India notification was issued. Telecom Regulatory Authority of India Act, 1997: The act of Parliament that established the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India and defines its powers and functions. Manish Sinha: Advisor FEAI in TRAI who has signed off on the notification Gazette of India: The official government publication in which the notification is published.
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o"k Z d s nkSjku fjikfsVxaZ vko’;drkvk sa l s NVw nh tkrh gS vxj mld s xkzgdk sa dh dyq l[a ;k iwoZorh Z foÙkh; o"k Z ds vfare fnu nl gtkj l s de ¼<10000½ gkAss gkykfad] ,sl s bVa juVs lsok çnkrk ;g lfquf'pr djxsa s fd mud s }kjk i's kd’k fd; s x; s VSfjQ] fofu;ked fl)kark sa d s lkFk lxa r gk sa rFkk lHkh fu;ked vko';drkvk sa dk ikyu djr s gkAsa ¼[k½ nwjlpa kj ,Dlsl lsok inz krkvk sa d s }kjk Fkkds xzkgdksa dk s fufonk ifzd;z k d s iRz;Rqrj e sa ;k ,Dlsl lsok inz krkvk sa ,o a Fkkds xzkgdk sa d s chp fopkj foe’kZ d s vk/kkj ij i’s kd’k dh xb Z VSfjQ dh fjikfsVZax dh vko’;drk e sa NVw dks bVa juVs lsok inz krkvk sa d s fy, Hkh ykx w dj fn;k x;k gSA TELECOM REGULATORY AUTHORITY OF INDIA NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 21st November, 2014 No. 310-5(2)/2013-F&EA—In exercise of the powers conferred upon it under sub-section (2) of section 11, read with sub-clause (i) of clause (b) of sub-section (1) of the said section, of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India Act, 1997 (24 of 1997), the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India hereby makes the following Order further to amend the Telecommunication Tariff Order, 1999, namely: THE TELECOMMUNICATION TARIFF (FIFTY NINTH AMENDMENT) ORDER, 2014 No. 8 of 2014 1. (1) This Order may be called the Telecommunication Tariff (Fifty Ninth Amendment) Order, 2014. (2) This Order shall come into force from the date of notification in the official Gazette. 2. In clause 7 of the Telecommunication Tariff Order, 1999, in sub-clause (i),--- (a) in the first proviso, after the words “access provider”, wherever appearing, the words “or Internet service provider” shall be inserted; (b) after the second proviso, the following proviso shall be inserted, namely:- “Provided also that nothing contained under this sub-clause shall apply to any Internet service provider during a financial year if the total number of its subscribers is less than ten thousand on the last day of the preceding financial year”. MANISH SINHA, Advisor (F&EA-I) [ADVT. III/4/Exty./142/14]¹Hkkx IIIµ[k.M 4º Hkkjr dk jkti=k % vlk/kj.k 5 Note.1. – The Telecommunication Tariff Order, 1999 was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part III, Section 4 under notification No.99/3 dated 9th March, 1999, and subsequently amended as given below: Amendment No. Notification No. and Date 1st 301-4/99-TRAI (Econ) dated 30.3.1999 2nd 301-4/99-TRAI(Econ) dated 31.5.1999 3rd 301-4/99-TRAI(Econ) dated 31.5.1999 4th 301-4/99-TRAI(Econ) dated 28.7.1999 5th 301-4/99-TRAI(Econ) dated 17.9.1999 6th 301-4/99-TRAI(Econ) dated 30.9.1999 7th 301-8/2000-TRAI(Econ) dated 30.3.2000 8th 301-8/2000-TRAI(Econ) dated 31.7.2000 9th 301-8/2000-TRAI(Econ) dated 28.8.2000 10th 306-1/99-TRAI(Econ) dated 9.11.2000 11th 310-1(5)/TRAI-2000 dated 25.1.2001 12th 301-9/2000-TRAI(Econ) dated 25.1.2001 13th 303-4/TRAI-2001 dated 1.5.2001 14th 306-2/TRAI-2001 dated 24.5.2001 15th 310-1(5)/TRAI-2000 dated 20.7.2001 16th 310-5(17)/2001-TRAI(Econ) dated 14.8.2001 17th 301/2/2002-TRAI(Econ) dated 22.1.2002 18th 303/3/2002-TRAI(Econ) dated 30.1.2002 19th 303/3/2002-TRAI(Econ) dated 28.2.2002 20th 312-7/2001-TRAI(Econ) 14.3.2002 21st 301-6/2002-TRAI(Econ) dated 13.6.2002 22nd 312-5/2002-TRAI(Eco) dated 4.7.2002 23rd 303/8/2002-TRAI(Econ) dated 6.9.2002 24th 306-2/2003-Econ dated 24.1.2003 25th 306-2/2003-Econ dated 12.3.2003 26th 306-2/2003-Econ dated 27.3.2003 27th 303/6/2003-TRAI(Econ) dated 25.4.2003 28th 301-51/2003-Econ dated 5.11.2003 29th 301-56/2003-Econ dated 3.12.2003 30th 301-4/2004(Econ) dated 16.1.2004 31st 301-2/2004-Eco dated 7.7.2004 32nd 301-37/2004-Eco dated 7.10.2004 33rd 301-31/2004-Eco dated 8.12.2004 34th 310-3(1)/2003-Eco dated 11.3.2005 35th 310-3(1)/2003-Eco dated 31.3.2005 36th 312-7/2003-Eco dated 21.4.2005 37th 312-7/2003-Eco dated 2.5.2005 38th 312-7/2003-Eco dated 2.6.2005 39th 310-3(1)/2003-Eco dated 8.9.2005 40th 310-3(1)/2003-Eco dated 16.9.2005 41st 310-3(1)/2003-Eco dated 29.11.2005 42nd 301-34/2005-Eco dated 7.3.2006 43rd 301-2/2006-Eco dated 21.3.2006 44th 301-34/2006-Eco dated 24.1.2007 45th 301-18/2007-Eco dated 5.6.2007 46th 301-36/2007-Eco dated 24.1.2008 47th 301-14/2008-Eco dated 17.3.2008 48th 301-31/2007-Eco dated 1.9.2008 49th 301-25/2009-ER dated 20.11.2009 50th 301-24/2012-ER dated 19.4.2012 51st 301-26/2011-ER dated 19.4.2012 52nd 301-41/2012-F&EA dated 19.09.2012 53rd 301-39/2012-F&EA dated 1.10.2012 54th 301-59/2012-F&EA dated 05.11.20126 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART III—SEC. 4] 55th 301-10/2012-F&EA dated 17.06.2013 56th 301-26/2012-ER dated 26.11.2013 57th 312-2/2013-F&EA dated 14.07.2014 58th 312-2/2013-F&EA dated 01.08.2014 Note.2. – The Explanatory Memorandum explains the objects and reasons for the Telecommunication Tariff (Fifty Ninth Amendment) Order, 2014. Explanatory Memorandum 1. The clause 7 of the Telecommunication Tariff Order, 1999 (hereinafter referred to as the TTO, 1999) stipulates that all service providers shall comply with the reporting requirement in respect of tariffs specified for the first time and also all subsequent changes; provided that in respect of tariff plans offered by a telecom access provider to bulk customers, such as corporates, small and medium enterprises, institutions, etc. either in response to a tender process or as a result of negotiations between the access provider and such bulk customer, the reporting requirement shall not apply. The reporting requirement has been defined in clause 2 (l) of TTO, 1999 as obligation of a service provider to report to the Authority, any new tariff for telecommunication services and/ or any changes therein within seven working days from the date of implementation of the said tariff for information and record of the Authority after conducting a self-check to ensure that the tariff plan(s) is/are consistent with the regulatory principles in all respects which inter-alia include IUC compliance, non- discrimination and non-predation. 2. With regard to the tariff reporting requirement, Internet Service Providers Association of India (ISPAI) requested the Authority for the following: (i) Exemption from tariff reporting requirement for small Internet Service Providers (ISPs) as there are large number of small ISPs, who are providing internet services under Category - B or C in a limited manner and they have neither huge subscriber bases nor high revenues. (ii) Exemption from tariff reporting for the tariffs offered to bulk customers, similar to the one that exists for access service providers for all ISPs. 3. In this regard, the Authority had issued a draft TTO (59th Amendment), 2014 on the 24.09.2014 exempting the small ISPs (having subscribers <10,000) from the reporting requirement and extending the existing exemption given to access providers in respect of tariff schemes offered to bulk customers in response to a tender process or as a result of negotiations between the access provider and such bulk customer to the ISPs, for comments of the stakeholders to be submitted by the 14.10.2014. 4. Comments have been received by the Authority from 10 stakeholders (3 Industry Associations, 5 TSPs, 1 Consumer association and 1 other). The comments received have already been uploaded on the website of TRAI. The comments received from the stakeholders are summarized as under: (a) Most of the stakeholders have supported the extension of the existing exemption for access providers in respect of tariff schemes offered to bulk customers in response to a tender process or as a result of negotiations between the access provider and such bulk customer to the ISPs. (b) Some of the stakeholders have supported and welcomed the decision of the Authority to exempt the small ISPs from tariff reporting requirement. (c) One of the stakeholders has opined that the subscriber criteria for small ISPs with less than 10,000 should be for each licensed service area instead of pan India. (d) One of the stakeholders (ISPAI) has requested that all the category-C ISPs be exempted from reporting requirement irrespective of their number of subscribers. (e) Some of the stakeholders have opined that the tariff reporting requirement should be uniform across all service providers irrespective of the services offered by them/size of their subscriber base. They have also opined that there is no linkage between the number of subscribers of an operator and the regulatory obligation of tariff reporting. (f) Some of the stakeholders have opined that the market is highly competitive which ensures the consumer interest with regard to tariffs is protected; therefore, all the service providers should be exempted from tariff reporting and not just those ISPs with minimum 10,000 subscriber base. (g) One of the stakeholders has opined that there are several consumers’ complaints against these small ISPs and therefore, no exemption should be granted to them. It may be noted that the complaints enumerated by the stakeholder are related to quality-of-service, billing, etc., which cannot possible be addressed through reporting of tariff to TRAI.¹Hkkx IIIµ[k.M 4º Hkkjr dk jkti=k % vlk/kj.k 7 5. With regard to the issue of exemption of tariff reporting requirement for small ISPs, the Authority took note of the following: (a) The Authority has been relaxing the reporting requirement alongside the evolution of competition in the market. Regulation has moved from a regime where tariffs were to be filed at least five days before the implementation, to the current regulatory regime, in which the tariffs have to be reported within seven working days after implementation. (b) The main objective intended to be achieved through the process of tariff reporting is to have a check on the tariff schemes from the point of view of their being consistent with the regulatory principles in all respects including IUC compliance, non-discrimination and non-predation. (c) On 31.03.2014, there were about 25.2 crore Internet subscribers in the country. Top 10 ISPs command about 97.87% of the entire ISP market, in terms of number of subscribers. Top 18 ISPs have subscriber bases greater than 1 lakh and top 43 ISPs have subscriber bases more than 10,000. The ISPs, who have a subscriber base greater than 10,000, together hold 99.93% of the total ISP market. (d) The small ISPs with subscriber bases less than 10,000, operate in small pockets only and account for just 0.07% of the total ISP market. Given the extent of their scale of operation and market reach, it is quite unlikely that these small-sized ISPs would violate the regulatory principles sought to be achieved by way of tariff reporting, especially in the competitive environment. (e) Exemption from tariff reporting requirement granted to these small ISPs does not mean that the regulatory principles, guidelines, etc. would not apply to these small ISPs. Keeping in view the small size of operations and resultant turnover of these small ISPs, the Authority feels that such exemption would help them in reducing their compliance costs and once they achieve a subscriber base of 10,000 they will come under the ambit of tariff reporting requirement. 6. After detailed deliberations and further examination, the Authority has decided the following: (i) To exempt any ISP from the reporting requirement during a financial year if the total number of its subscribers is less than ten thousand (<10,000) on the last day of the preceding financial year. However, such Internet service providers shall ensure that the tariffs offered by them are consistent with the regulatory principles and comply with all the regulatory requirements. (ii) To extend the existing exemption given to access providers in respect of tariff schemes offered to bulk customers in response to a tender process or as a result of negotiations between the access provider and such bulk customer to the ISPs also. Printed by the Manager, Government of India Press, Ring Road, Mayapuri, New Delhi-110064 and Published by the Controller of Publications, Delhi-110054.

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