Ministry of Communications press release · 22 May 2026 · pibtracker filter

Extension of time to receive Comments and Counter-Comments on Consultation Paper on the “Proliferation of Public Wi-Fi Networks in India"

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Posted On: 22 MAY 2026 3:15PM by PIB Delhi The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) issued a Consultation Paper on the "Proliferation of Public Wi-Fi Networks in India" on 27 th April 2026. The last date for submitting comments and counter-comments on the issues raised in the Consultation Paper was fixed as 25 th May 2026 and 08 th June 2026, respectively. Keeping in view the requests received from Industry associations and stakeholders for extending the date for submission of comments, it has been decided to extend the last date for submission of comments and counter-comments up to 1 st June 2026 and 15 th June 2026, respectively. The comments and counter-comments may be sent in electronic form at advbbpa@trai.gov.in with a copy to jtadvbbpa-1@trai.gov.in . For any clarification/ information, Dr. Abdul Kayum, Advisor (Broadband and Policy Analysis), TRAI may be contacted at Tel. No. +91-11 20907757 . *** NJ/AN (Release ID: 2264088) Visitor Counter : 452 Read this release in: हिन्दी , Punjabi , Gujarati , Kannada , Marathi , Urdu , Bengali , Bengali-TR , Tamil Ministry of Communications Extension of time to receive Comments and Counter-Comments on Consultation Paper on the “Proliferation of Public Wi-Fi Networks in India" Posted On: 22 MAY 2026 3:15PM by PIB Delhi The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) issued a Consultation Paper on the "Proliferation of Public Wi-Fi Networks in India" on 27 th April 2026. The last date for submitting comments and counter-comments on the issues raised in the Consultation Paper was fixed as 25 th May 2026 and 08 th June 2026, respectively. Keeping in view the requests received from Industry associations and stakeholders for extending the date for submission of comments, it has been decided to extend the last date for submission of comments and counter-comments up to 1 st June 2026 and 15 th June 2026, respectively. The comments and counter-comments may be sent in electronic form at advbbpa@trai.gov.in with a copy to jtadvbbpa-1@trai.gov.in . For any clarification/ information, Dr. Abdul Kayum, Advisor (Broadband and Policy Analysis), TRAI may be contacted at Tel. No. +91-11 20907757 . *** NJ/AN (Release ID: 2264088) The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) issued a Consultation Paper on the "Proliferation of Public Wi-Fi Networks in India" on 27th April 2026. The last date for submitting comments and counter-comments on the issues raised in the Consultation Paper was fixed as 25th May 2026 and 08th June 2026, respectively. Keeping in view the requests received from Industry associations and stakeholders for extending the date for submission of comments, it has been decided to extend the last date for submission of comments and counter-comments up to 1st June 2026 and 15th June 2026, respectively. The comments and counter-comments may be sent in electronic form at <a href="mailto:advbbpa@trai.gov.in">advbbpa@trai.gov.in</a> with a copy to <a href="mailto:jtadvbbpa-1@trai.gov.in">jtadvbbpa-1@trai.gov.in</a>. For any clarification/ information, Dr. Abdul Kayum, Advisor (Broadband and Policy Analysis), TRAI may be contacted at Tel. 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