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Arpit Sharma July 29th, 2021 9:32 AM 0 COMMENTS

TRAI Tariff Regime Proving Detrimental to Broadcasters Not Only Consumers

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) brought the National Tariff Order back in 2019. The notification of this new development was seen as a positive step by the subscribers; however, the same feelings were not shared by the broadcasting community. The big hotshots of the broadcasting industry unitedly opposed the NTO in various High Courts across the country. The legal tussle still persists between the parties and the sector... Read More

Arpit Sharma July 18th, 2021 6:10 PM 21 COMMENTS

TRAI Order on DTH Has Evolved to Rain Heavily on Subscribers’ Pockets

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) introduced the New Tariff Order back in 2020; however, at the time, the regulator was very optimistic about it. So, were the subscribers of DTH services were as well. After all, as the regulator, the responsibility that rests with TRAI is to protect the consumer interests. During the time, the most positive point about the NTO was its ability to let the consumers... Read More

Arpit Sharma July 17th, 2021 6:06 PM 1 COMMENTS

DTH Mandatory Channel Increase Means Less Space for Consumer Favourites

The new Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) National Tariff Order has changed a lot of things. However, the change was so big that it was opposed by a lot of broadcasters and consumers as well. We continue to see the effects of the NTO and the revised version of this order, NTO 2.0, even now. Under this rule, the subscribers are first required to buy the channel “slots” from... Read More

Arpit Sharma July 5th, 2021 5:30 PM 2 COMMENTS

Stop Unsolicited Calls Using This New Method, Govt Brings New Penalties for UCCs

Telemarketers have been at loggerheads with TRAI and other government agencies for the last few years as the center has tried to bring in reforms to reduce scams. TRAI has been going stringent on both telecom operators and telemarketers and in a new move, the government has issued guidelines which if implemented will become Achilles heel to the telemarketers who act as a nuisance for the consumers. To recall, TRAI... Read More

Arpit Sharma July 3rd, 2021 8:30 PM 3 COMMENTS

TRAI Will Likely Make Suggestion on Vodafone Idea Relief Issue: DoT

The country’s only financially ailing telecom company Vodafone Idea has found itself in a stifling situation owing to its extremely low tariffs and the dues which it owes to banks and the government. To add to its woes, Vodafone Idea has acquired spectrum in March for which payment remains to be paid. Vodafone Idea is also the only telecom operator which is loss-making in the country. The government’s position on... Read More

Arpit Sharma July 2nd, 2021 5:00 AM 1 COMMENTS

TRAI Tariff Order Update: Why You Might Have to Pay More for Your DTH

The National Tariff Order, which arrived on the subscribers’ doorstep at the start of last year, brought a barrage of mixed reactions. If there was something after the beginning of the Set-Top-Box revolution, it was the NTO from TRAI which absolutely changed the way people were using DTH connections. The tariff order from TRAI changed the pricing of the channels, the base packs, and everything else. However, the TRAI order... Read More

Shloke Sarkar June 16th, 2021 9:34 PM 60 COMMENTS

Vodafone Idea Ahead of Airtel, Jio in Upload Speeds: TRAI

Reliance Jio on Wednesday continued to maintain the leadership that it has held in terms of 4G speeds, with 20.7 megabits per second average download speeds, with Vodafone Idea topping the charts in terms of the upload speeds with 6.7 Mbps data speed in May, according to the latest data that has been published by the telecom regulator TRAI. The speeds for Reliance Jio's 4G network had marginally risen but... Read More

Shloke Sarkar June 16th, 2021 6:51 PM 0 COMMENTS

TRAI Extends Channel Selector Service by Adding Web Version

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India or TRAI on Wednesday launched what can be said to be an extended version of its Channel Selector App, under the moniker of the TV Channel Selector, which is a new web portal created keeping the consumer and its needs in mind. In case you missed it, TRAI had announced a TV Channel Selector App back in 2020 with the intention to aid users... Read More

Shloke Sarkar June 14th, 2021 7:49 PM 25 COMMENTS

Indian Telcos Ask TRAI Not to Restructure Validity Span of Prepaid Plans

India's top telcos, Vodafone Idea, Bharti Airtel and Reliance Jio on Monday asked the TRAI on Monday not the intervene in matters related to fixing validity spans of prepaid tariffs, according to a report by ET Telecom. The telcos have urged the telecom regulator not to intervene when it comes to the fixing of prepaid tariff validity spans and keep this particular issue under forbearance, stating that this type of... Read More

Shloke Sarkar May 26th, 2021 8:25 PM 14 COMMENTS

Telcos ARPUs Drop Due to Lack of IUC Despite Strong Quarter

Earlier this year, the interconnect usage charge or IUC was withdrawn, which also resulted in dragging down the average revenue per user or ARPU of major telecom companies. This comes as a bit of surprise since most of them had reported major user additions during the January-March quarter, as per India Ratings and Research. As per the data released by TRAI or the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, the country's... Read More

Shloke Sarkar May 13th, 2021 7:41 PM 20 COMMENTS

TRAI Releases Consultation Paper to Improve Tariff Plans

In India, telecom service providers or TSPs have a habit of offering plans with quirky durations, such as 28 days, 56 days or 84 days, rather than round these numbers out so as to make these plans last for the entire duration of the month. This is not the case with just one ISP, like Jio or Bharti Airtel; rather, everyone seems to follow this method, be it for their ease... Read More

Shloke Sarkar April 27th, 2021 11:55 PM 0 COMMENTS

Jio, Airtel and Vi Witness Higher AGR in the December Quarter

The Q3 of FY2020-21 was good for the telecom industry. All the private operators of the country, including Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea (Vi), saw higher adjusted gross revenue (AGR) quarter-on-quarter (QoQ). As per the data released by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai), the private operators of India saw sequential AGR gains during the December quarter. To be precise, the overall telecom industry witnessed an AGR... Read More