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Consultation on Complaints/Grievance Redressal in Telecom Sector

Consultation on Complaints/Grievance Redressal in Telecom Sector
Start Date :
Jul 28, 2016
Last Date :
Aug 27, 2016
00:00 AM IST (GMT +5.30 Hrs)
Submission Closed

The telecom sector in India has grown rapidly in the last decade and subscriptions have crossed 1 billion. These subscribers are filing large numbers of complaints with the Telecom ...

The telecom sector in India has grown rapidly in the last decade and subscriptions have crossed 1 billion. These subscribers are filing large numbers of complaints with the Telecom Service Providers [TSPs]. The complaints are on account of wrong billing, indifferent or poor quality of service, non-provision of contracted services, etc. Unsatisfactory resolution of the consumer complaints, by the TSPs, is resulting in complaints and grievances being forwarded to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) and Department of Telecom (DoT) on a regular basis.

As per the existing Legal and Regulatory framework, the individual consumer grievance redressal is outside the purview of the TRAI. Licensing conditions for the TSPs stipulates that “All complaints of subscribers in this regard will be addressed/ handled as per the orders or regulations or directions issued by the Licensor or TRAI from time to time.” Accordingly TRAI has from time to time issued Regulations specifying the broad frame work of the complaint redressal mechanism that all TSPs should establish and maintain within their organizations.

The role and impact of telecommunication services has metamorphosed from being a communication tool to a critical instrument for the social and economic development of the country. It is imperative that consumer complaints and public grievances in the telecom space are resolved in a timely, efficient and cost-effective manner through a system that is easily available all across the country. Without such a system, benefits of the telecom revolution, which encompasses provision of a variety of services, such as banking, money transfer, govt. Services, to the public will miss the intended target. It is therefore appropriate to revisit the issue of redressal of individual consumer complaints and grievances in the telecom space. This paper is issued with this objective.

This Paper presents an overview of the existing consumer grievance mechanisms and its efficacy, the mechanisms in place in other countries and within India in other sectors of similar size and its impact, the problem areas etc. It seeks views, opinions and comments from stakeholders on possible options to improve the existing grievance redressal mechanism, alternatives including establishing an office of Telecom Ombudsman etc.

Consultation Paper on Complaints/Grievance Redressal in Telecom Sector

Showing 382 Submission(s)
tomarashok.cgda@nic.in
Ashok Kumar 8 years 10 months ago

The speed committed is Max speed. Isn't it strange that it should be min speed. Make BSNL/MTNL strong enough to compete. They are still in 1960s mode. In BSNL they have connived with pvt vendors and compel to buy router/modems from pvt vendor and show artificial shortage. You will be running for new broadband connection for days if you dont buy from pvt vendors.
Thug Jodhpur is better in grievance redressal than MTNL Delhi.

ANIL BHATNAGAR
ANIL BHATNAGAR 8 years 10 months ago

#TelecomSector
All the ISPs are fleecing customers. The call/data rates are arbitrary, there are unnecessary costs of rate cutters. Data plans are being made costly every month.
Government has an excellent opportunity. If BSNL is made proactive, reliable, responsive, efficient and provides data/call services at par (or better than) ISPs, then customers would switch to BSNL thus paying to government body. Also this step would break monopolistic ways of ISPs.

Pawan K. Jindal
Pawan K. Jindal 8 years 10 months ago

BSNL as a PSU in telecom sector is a large service provider in India.When telecom deptt was absorbed in BSNL,it has yielded profit for a few FY but later was put to loss for 5-6 years due to its own new plans with a huge expenditure and not successful resulting operational losses.Only the broadband in BSNL is liked by its customers but that too is also failing due the lesser bb speed .GSM ,either poor signal or no signal.Land line services are worst.BSNL can be in profit if all employees workit'

sujitgoa@gmail.com
sujit lotlikar 8 years 10 months ago

sir,unsolved issue is connectivity,service provider increase subscriber but no check on service,if bill is postpaid they accelerate bill in the name of data usage that to without usage/signal.since issue related is common and to reduce grievance with positive change,telecom authority need to open there own manage,online/toll free grievance disposable authority for all service provider with time bond or 24 hours disposable of issue with penalty to subscriber.

Puspendra Singh_7
Puspendra Singh_7 8 years 10 months ago

When any ticket is lodged it is normal that they close the ticket after providing the solution. But the consumer may not be satisfied with the solution provided by the company. Hence, there must be a reopen option with the same registration no or ticket no. It will help you in reducing the complaints and to see the solution quality. I mean that the solution should not be temporarily basis.

rajashreehosadurg@gmail.com
Rajashree Hosadurg 8 years 10 months ago

Points for BSNL grievance redressal improvement.

1)BSNL complaint system should allow a subscriber to log multiple complaints. If a complaint is open I cannot log another complaint.

2) Before closing a complaint BSNL should ensure that the subscriber is provided info on the action that has been taken to address the issue. A sms asking the subscriber to call 1500 to get the details is not the way to close out a complaint. A courtesy call about the issue/solution is required.

SHREESHAIL KANNUR
SHREESHAIL KANNUR 8 years 10 months ago

Govt. should have some mechanism to check the speed of internet that service providers claims.

We have seen growth in Gs (G, 2G, 3G,4G) but what common man gets is the same speed that we used to get decade back.
Giving speed at few locations not going to serve common man.

Now I.m subscried to 4G services and even at Mumbai's major locations I dont get the speed.

Please do something to keep service providers in check

Sivakumar Ananthapadmanabhan
Sivakumar Ananthapadmanabhan 8 years 10 months ago

There should also be standardisation of call/data charges for all operators uniformly. Rent may vary. Operators confuse ppl with too many plans and its difficult to even understand what is a good or a bad plan.

Sivakumar Ananthapadmanabhan
Sivakumar Ananthapadmanabhan 8 years 10 months ago

BSNL is the only operator whose data plans work longer. I believe their billing is correct. Same GB of data plan bought from Reliance lasts much shorter. There should be some tweaking somewhere. The billing software should be standardized for all operators vis-a-vis usage. BSNL's should be followed. I think there is a big loot in usage statistics by private operators.

Abhijit Bhattacharyya_3
Abhijit Bhattacharyya_3 8 years 10 months ago

I think for mobile companies, one should get reimbursement if there is continuous poor signal as I received for my mobile phone 9820149770. Repeated complain did not yield any result. I wish TRAI must have a complain site which should take action against mobile companies and user only can remove complains. Ministries must act sincerely in favour of customers.

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