The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) vide notification dated December 06, 2022, issued the Telecom Tariff (69th Amendment) Order, 2022. Considering the significance of alerts/messages sent as per direction issued under the Disaster Management Act, 2005, the Authority has decided that no charges shall be levied for such SMS/Cell Broadcast – Alerts/messages sent either during the disaster or prior to notification of disaster or after the expiry of disaster. TSPs shall broadcast messages to all the subscribers through Cell broadcast free of cost during a disaster and non-disaster periods.
