TRAI levies ₹1.9 crore in QoS penalties on BSNL, Airtel, Jio, Vi and MTNL
India’s telecom regulator imposed aggregate financial disincentives of ₹1.9 crore for quality-of-service norm breaches in FY26. BSNL faced the largest penalty at ₹57.5 lakh, followed by Airtel at ₹48 lakh.
TRAI imposed aggregate Rs 1.9 crore financial disincentives on Indian telecom operators for failing quality-of-service benchmarks in FY26, with BSNL receiving the largest penalty of Rs 57.5 lakh.
Why this matters
BSNL's largest QoS penalty follows a recent order requiring it to revise a ₹89,991 bill and pay ₹30,000 in a roaming dispute, adding to regulatory and customer-service scrutiny.
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