Industry body, CMAI today welcomed regulator, TRAI’s decision to keep the porting charges at a low rate of Rs 19 which will work in the best interests of the mobile consumers in India.

Mr. Ravi Sharma, Executive Chairman, CMAI Association of India said, “CMAI has always been at the forefront of advocating policies and regulations that benefits the consumers and  at the same time provides equitable platform for growth of telecom eco-system.   The TRAI’s decision of fixing the processing charge of MNP to Rs. 19 will go a long way in creating a healthy competitive ecosystem and will make Operators more conscious towards Quality of Service. This move will bring consumer rights at the forefront and will ultimately benefit the consumers.”

“CMAI has been consistently advocating measures which benefit the burgeoning mobile subscribers in India like setting up of Mobile Consumer Courts and bringing Mobile termination charges to Zero,” he further added.