The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has been trying to regulate OTT (over-the-top) communication platforms such as WhatsApp, Signal and Telegram. TRAI even released a consultation paper around the same a while back. Now, TDSAT (Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal) has said that OTT platforms are out of the purview of TRAI as they do not require any license or permission from the central government. It is worth... Read More
Vodafone Idea (Vi), the third-largest telecom operator, has lost the case against the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India’s (TRAI) order for Mobile Number Portability (MNP) which was issued in December 7, 2021. The Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT), in its order, said that TRAI is well within its powers to issue such an order and doesn’t require any interference. TDSAT has said that TRAI’s stand is “fair and... Read More
The TDSAT (Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal) has decided that it won’t look at the private companies and the public sector units (PSUs) in a different tone. Both the companies will have to be treated the same, and if there are any dues, both PSUs and the private companies will have to pay them. TDSAT said that it wouldn’t treat any PSU differently from a private company. If any... Read More
The Delhi High Court (HC) has stayed the Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal’s (TDSAT) order which stopped the telecom regulator from taking any coercive action against Vodafone Idea (Vi) for not allowing certain customers to port out to other networks. Earlier, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) had asked all the telecom operators to allow customers using prepaid without SMS benefits to port out as well. The telcos... Read More
Vodafone Idea (Vi) had appealed against the new Mobile Number Portability (MNP) order rolled out by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) in the Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT). However, in its ruling, TDSAT has stayed TRAI’s order and asked Vodafone Idea to comply with the order. At the same time, the appellate tribunal said that the issue requires consideration; regardless, Vi can’t go against the order... Read More
Bharti Airtel did not want to pay the adjusted gross revenue (AGR) dues that were owed by Videocon Telecommunications to the government. Now, in a fresh development, the Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT) has put a stay on the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) order for Airtel to pay Rs 1,376 crores owed by Videocon in the form of AGR dues to the Centre. But Airtel said that while... Read More
The Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT) on Friday stayed the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) order that required the telecom operators to withhold the premium plans promising “priority” access. The TDSAT said that the Trai directive issued to both Vodafone and Bharti Airtel “lacks even prima facie reasons” as Trai said that the suspension of plans would facilitate detailed examination. The decision by TDSAT paves way for... Read More
The Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT) on Tuesday denied immediate relief to Vodafone Idea over its petition challenging Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) order on withholding its RedX plan. The third largest cellular provider in India moved TDSAT on Monday seeking a relief order against the Trai directive that required Vodafone Idea to stop providing its premium RedX plan to users. The Trai in a letter dated... Read More
Vodafone Idea on Monday filed a petition in Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT) challenging the directive from Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) on withholding its RedX plan. The development is on the heels of the Trai letter dated July 11 asking Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea to stop the premium plans that promise faster data speeds to its users. According to a ET Telecom report, a Vodafone... Read More
There has been a new development with the DTH service provider which has gone bust from the industry and has stopped its operations. The DTH operator that we are talking about is Independent TV. A few months back, Independent TV faced disruption in its services when its signal was cut off by Antrix Corporation, following non-payment of dues. It is worth noting that Antrix is the commercial arm of ISRO... Read More
The Telecom Disputes Settlements and Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT) has directed the largest Direct-to-Home service provider, Dish TV to clear the pending dues to Star India in three equal instalments by the end of November. The TDSAT order noted that “Having considered the earlier order and the stand of the parties, we are of the view that in addition to the liability to clear the current invoice as indicated above, petitioner... Read More
Direct to Home (DTH) Service provider Independent TV has been making the headlines for all the wrong reasons lately. Its consumers have been facing disruption from a long time and have been cut off from the services. Also, on the other hand, Independent TV is constantly assuring the subscribers of resumption of services soon and has even assured a refund for the subscribers. But, according to the latest news on... Read More
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