Telecom tribunal TDSAT on Friday rejected the petitions of telecom operators filed against the regulator TRAI which had issued guidelines on Value-Added-Services (VAS).

The telecom operators have been granted three months time to implement the TRAI guidelines on VAS. Till that time no action would be taken against them.

In July 2011, TRAI had directed the telecom operators that would have to take confirmation from their customers through SMS, e-mail, fax or in writing within 24 hours of activation of VAS. While issuing the guidelines it also said operators could charge only after confirmation is received from their customer and if not, the service should be discontinued.

GSM body Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) and CDMA body Association of Unified Telecom Service Providers of India (AUSPI) had opposed TRAI’s guidelines termeing TRAI's directive on VAS as "unreasonable, unwarranted and without application of mind."