New Delhi, March 25 -- The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has issued its response to the back-reference received from the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) in respect of TRAI's recommendations dated April 24, 2024 on 'Telecommunication Infrastructure Sharing, Spectrum Sharing, and Spectrum Leasing', a release from the Ministry of Communications said.

Earlier, the DoT, through a reference dated December 7, 2021, under Section 11 (1) (a) of the TRAI Act, 1997, requested TRAI to provide recommendations on allowing the sharing of core network elements such as MSC, HLR, IN, etc. among telecom operators.

Subsequently, DoT, through a reference dated February 10, 2022, mentioning its earlier reference dated December 7, 2021, ...