TRAI lets basic operators to offer SMS
New Delhi: The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has said that basic service providers, including limited mobility (WLL), are allowed to offer the facility of short-messaging service (SMS) to their subscribers. "After considering the background information, licence terms and conditions, it has been decided that basic service licensees could provide SMS."

Since WLL operators, as of now, hold a basic service licence they too will be allowed to offer the services, which has never been clarified by the authority despite repeated requests. Reports suggest that while Reliance Infocomm started offering the service since the commercial launch, Tata Teleservcies waited for close to 10 months for the TRAI approval, before deciding to start offering it to its subscribers.
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