Mumbai: Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) released a Consultation Paper on 'Encouraging R&D in Telecom, Broadcasting, and IT (ICT) Sectors' on 22 September 2023. Initially, the last date of receiving comments from the stakeholders was fixed on 23' October 2023 and counter comments by 6th November 2023. However, on the request of stakeholders, the last date for submission of comments and counter comments was extended upto 23 November 2023 and 7 December 2023 respectively.

Keeping in view the request from stakeholders for further extension of time for submission of comments, it has been decided to extend the last date of submission of comments and counter comments upto 23 December 2023 and 6 January 2024 respectively.