26. In this context, inter-regulatory cooperation has also been underscored through the issuance of necessary guidelines by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India which has prescribed the optimum service parameters as also ceiling on transactional cost for extension of the USSD services by telecom operators to the banks and their agents.
*  *  *  Lord Mayor, Mr Stammler, Mr Sloterdijk, Mr Görlitz, Ladies and gentlemen, It is a great pleasure to be here paying tribute to the winners of this year’s Feri Foundation Award and share a few thoughts with you on this occasion.