Photo: Pradeep Gaur/MintNew Delhi: The telecom regulator continues to examine all plans by operators including bundled and cashback offers, and will intervene in case it finds anything contrary to the regulations, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) chairman R.S. The Trai chief was responding to a query on the telecom operators teaming up with handset makers to bring low-cost bundled handsets into the market. All offers by telcos to the customers are continuously examined in Trai including bundled offers, including cashback offers and other kinds of offers...so we will continue to examine them,” Sharma told PTI. In the last few weeks, telecom service providers have joined forces with mobile phone manufacturers to bring bundled 4G smartphones that give consumers attractive combination of low-cost handset along with voice and data plans. To counter JioPhone, India’s largest telecom operator Bharti Airtel recently teamed up with Celkon and Karbonn Mobiles to offer low-cost bundled 4G smartphones under its new initiative ‘Mera Pehla Smartphone’.

Source: Mint November 10, 2017 12:56 UTC