India, Sept. 22 -- The Government of India has issued a release:
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) today released the Telecom Consumer Protection (Thirteenth Amendment) Regulation, 2026.
TRAI had released the draft Telecom Consumer Protection (Thirteenth Amendment) Regulations (TCPR), 2026 for consultation on its website on 07.04.2026. Since the implementation of TCPR (Twelfth Amendment), 2024, the Authority observed the limitation in the availability of Voice-and-SMS-only Special Tariff Vouchers (STVs) being offered by telecom service providers, where only a limited number of such STVs, concentrated on longer validities were being offered and making low-income consumers deprived of affordable shorter duration choices. In ...