The department of teecom has criticised TRAI”s move to lower
roaming tariffs and said that regulator has followed the one
Nation,one roaming principle outlined by Kapil Sibal in the
National Telecom Policy 2012 only in letter and not in spirit.
TRAI had lowered roaming charges by 30% on 17th June but
had categorically said that free roaming was simply not practical.
Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal had planned to introduce free
roaming by March,2013 lbut then pushed tthe deadline to
October after mobile phone companies opposed the move.