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TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE GAZETTE OF INDIA, EXTRAORDINARY, PART III, SECTION 4
TELECOM REGULATORY AUTHORITY OF INDIA
Notification
New Delhi, 9^th November, 2026
The Telecommunication Interconnection (Port Charges) (Third Amendment) Regulations, 2026
(11 of 2026)
No. RG-1/(2)/2026-NSL-I--- In exercise of the powers conferred upon it under section 36 read with sub-clauses (ii), (iii) and (iv) of clause (b) of sub-section (1) of section 11 of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India Act, 1997 (24 of 1997), the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India hereby makes the following regulations further to amend the Telecommunication Interconnection (Port Charges) Regulation, 2001 (6 of 2001), namely:-
These regulations may be called the Telecommunication Interconnection (Port Charges) (Third Amendment) Regulations, 2026.
These regulations shall come into force with effect from 1^st January 2027.
In regulation 1 of the Telecommunication Interconnection (Port Charges) Regulation, 2001 (hereinafter referred to as the “principal regulations”),
In regulation 2 of the principal regulations, after the words “notified on 14.12.2001,”, the words “as amended from time to time,” shall be inserted.
After regulation 2B of the principal regulations, the following regulation shall be inserted, namely:-
“2C. Port charges on or after 1^st January 2027 for IP-based interconnection.— (1) Every interconnection provider shall charge, on or after 1^st January 2027, the Port charges as specified in Schedule IV to these regulations and raise the demand note or the invoice, as the case may be, to the interconnection seeker.
(2) Nothing contained in the Schedule IV to these regulations shall apply in case the interconnection provider and the interconnection seeker mutually agree to charge and pay charges lower than those specified in the Schedule IV to these regulations.”.
In regulation 3 of the principal regulations, in sub-regulation (iii), for the words “as per Schedule I herein”, the words “in accordance with Schedules III and IV, as applicable” shall be substituted.
For regulation 4 of the principal regulations, the following regulation shall be substituted, namely:-
“4. Review.— The provisions of these regulations may be reviewed by the Authority as and when required.”.
हरिन्द्र कुमार/Harinder Kumar, ITS
सचिव/Secretary
भारतीय दूरसंचार विनियामक प्राधिकरण
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India
नई दिल्ली/New Delhi
For regulation 5 of the principal regulations, the following regulation shall be substituted, namely:-
“5. Financial Disincentive. –
Consequences for contravention of the provisions of these regulations.— (1) If any service provider contravenes the provisions of regulation 3, it shall, without prejudice to any penalty which may be imposed under the terms and conditions of its license or authorisation or any other action that may be taken under any Act, or the rules or regulations or orders made, or directions issued, thereunder, be liable to pay an amount, by way of financial disincentive, as provided in the Schedule V to these regulations.
(2) No order for payment of financial disincentive shall be made by the Authority unless the service provider has been given a reasonable opportunity of representing against the contravention observed by the Authority.
(3) The Authority may decide not to impose any financial disincentive, or impose a lower amount of financial disincentive, for reasons to be recorded in writing.”.
After regulation 5 of the principal regulations, the following regulation shall be inserted, namely:-
“5A. Payment of financial disincentives.— (1) The amount payable by way of financial disincentive under these regulations shall be remitted to such head of account as may be specified by the Authority.
(2) If the service provider fails to make payment of financial disincentive under regulation 5, within a period of twenty-one days from the date of issue of the order for payment of financial disincentive, or as stipulated in the order for payment of financial disincentive, it shall be liable to pay simple interest at a rate which shall be two percent above the one year Marginal Cost of Funds-based Lending Rate (MCLR) of the State Bank of India existing as on the beginning of the Financial Year in which last day of the stipulated period falls.
Explanation: For the purposes of this regulation, a part of the month shall be reckoned as a full month for calculation of interest and a month shall be reckoned as an English calendar month.”.
For regulation 6 of the principal regulations, the following regulation shall be substituted, namely:-
“6. Removal of Difficulties.— In order to remove any difficulties in the interpretation or application of the provisions of these regulations, the Authority may issue necessary clarifications or guidelines, which shall be final and binding.”.
After the Schedule III to the principal regulations, the following Schedule shall be inserted, namely:-
“SCHEDULE IV
(See regulation 2C)Port Charges for IP port
Capacity of IP port Ceiling for port charge per port per annum (in ₹) 1 Gbps 5.6 lakh 10 Gbps 42.3 lakh Note 1: The interconnection provider and the interconnection seeker may, with mutual agreement, interconnect using IP port capacity other than the capacities specified above. The IP port charges for such capacity shall be determined in a transparent manner by the service provider providing the IP port, analogous to the methodology as applied for determining the charges for the 1 Gbps and 10 Gbps IP ports specified in this Schedule.
Note 2: The port charges and corresponding periods of applicability specified in Schedules I, II, and III shall apply solely to E1 ports.”.
हरिन्द्र कुमार/Harinder Kumar, ITS
सचिव/Secretary
भारतीय दूरसंचार विनियामक प्राधिकरण
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India
नई दिल्ली/New Delhi
“SCHEDULE V
(See regulation 5)
Sl. No. Contravention under regulation Amount of financial disincentive for each instance of contravention 1 Failure to comply with the reporting requirement under regulation 3 within stipulated time (i) Up to twenty-five thousand rupees per day for delay up to fifteen days; and
(ii) Up to fifty thousand rupees per day for each day of delay beyond fifteen days: Provided that the total amount of financial disincentive under item (i) and item (ii) above shall not exceed rupees fifteen lakh per Service Area for each instance of contravention. |
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(Harinder Kumar)
Secretary
हरिन्द्र कुमार/Harinder Kumar, ITS
सचिव/Secretary
भारतीय दूरसंचार विनियामक प्राधिकरण
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India
नई दिल्ली/New Delhi
