Telecom Regulatory Authority of India published Telecom Tariff (69th amendment) order 2022 on Tuesday . DoT requested that TRAI provide tariff for SMS and Cell Broadcast alerts messages that are sent through CAP platform only for a fixed period and for situations .
New Delhi, India, December 6: The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) published Telecom Tariff (69th amendment) order 2022 on Tuesday on Tariff for SMS and Cell Broadcast alerts to be disseminated by TSPs via the Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) platform during earthquakes and emergencies.DoT requested that TRAI provide tariff for SMS and Cell Broadcast alerts messages that are sent through CAP platform only for a fixed period and for situations TRAI published a Consultation Paper on Tariff issues relating to SMS and Cell Broadcast alerts disseminated via the Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) platform during disastersnon-disasters on November 3, 2021, soliciting views and counterobservance from parties by December 1, 2021 and December 15, 2021 respectively.The Authority made Schedule XIII to the main Tariff order, clause 3 of the Telecommunication Tariff Order, 1999, which provides the following Tariff for Short Message Services (SMS) and Cell Broadcast alerts that are sent by service providers via the Common Alerting Protocol platform.For SMS alertsmessages sent during disaster or non-disaster situations other than those sent as per directions issued under the Disaster Management Act, 2005 (53 of 2005), the Authority has determined that no fees will be collected for such SMSCell Broadcast communications sent either during a disaster, prior to notification of disaster, or after the conclusion of disaster.