The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has issued the Telecom Consumers Protection (Third Amendment) Regulations, 2012. This amendment allows service providers to include a base tariff plan in the Start-Up Kit, which ceases upon the activation of a Plan Voucher. Additionally, it permits the use of USSD (Unstructured Supplementary Service Data) alongside SMS for providing information to consumers after call or data usage. These changes address industry concerns regarding consumer convenience and mobile handset memory limitations. The regulations come into force from the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has issued the Telecom Consumers Protection (Third Amendment) Regulations, 2012. This amendment allows service providers to include a base tariff plan in the Start-Up Kit, which ceases upon the activation of a Plan Voucher. Additionally, it permits the use of USSD (Unstructured Supplementary Service Data) alongside SMS for providing information to consumers after call or data usage. These changes address industry concerns regarding consumer convenience and mobile handset memory limitations. The regulations come into force from the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.