COAI Director General Rajan Mathews said the authorities that require audits to be conducted can spell out their requirements and the details they need, to the firm selected from the pre-qualified list. Photo: HTNew Delhi: Ahead of the planned special audit of telecom operators, industry body COAI has favoured a single audit exercise that meets the requirements of multiple stakeholders like the telecom department and sector regulator Trai. Mathews said the authorities that require audits to be conducted can spell out their requirements and the details they need, to the firm selected from the pre-qualified list. The firm that audits can then issue reports based on the individual specifications of various agencies that require such audits to be conducted. COAI’s views come at a time when the telecom department is in the process of appointing at least 4-5 auditors to conduct the planned special audit of private telecom companies for period 2011-12 to 2017-18.

Source: Mint December 16, 2018 05:48 UTC