TRAI Begins Consultations On Policy For Private Digital Radio Broadcasters

New Delhi: The government on Monday released a consultation paper to help formulate a policy for the private digital radio broadcasters in the country.

According to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), the move is to bring all the stakeholders - radio broadcasters, transmission equipment manufacturers, and digital radio receiver manufacturers - on one platform and to encourage them to work collectively for developing the ecosystem for digital radio broadcasting.

TRAI is seeking stakeholders’ comments on various issues relating to formulation of digital radio broadcast policy for private radio broadcasters.

The written comments on the consultation paper are invited from the stakeholders by October 28 and counter comments, if any, may be submitted by November 11.

According to the authority, analogue terrestrial radio broadcast in India is carried out in medium wave (MW), short wave (SW) and VHF-II (FM) spectrum bands. The public service broadcaster All India Radio (AIR) provides radio broadcasting services in MW, SW and FM bands.