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Chakri K December 3rd, 2020 8:09 PM 36 COMMENTS

Bharti Airtel Adds Twofold Subscribers Than Reliance Jio in September: Trai

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) released the Telecom Subscription Data report for September 2020. For the second straight month, Bharti Airtel has outperformed Reliance Jio by adding 3.77 million new users compared to 1.46 million new users added by the latter. The report also highlighted that Airtel ended the month with 326.61 million subscribers under its belt, whereas Jio tops the chart with 404.13 million users. Vodafone Idea... Read More

Chakri K November 25th, 2020 9:31 AM 4 COMMENTS

Trai Imposes Rs 35 Crore Penalty on 8 Telcos for Allowing Fake SMSes by Cybercriminals

Telecom operators in India face the heat yet again from Trai as the regulator slaps around Rs 35 crore penalty for allowing cybercriminals to send fake SMSes to the subscribers which led to digital payment frauds. The top telcos have distorted the volume of spam calls and messages on their networks, says Trai according to ET Telecom. The highest penalty of Rs 30.1 crore was levied on the government-owned BSNL.... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur November 16th, 2020 3:01 PM 10 COMMENTS

DoT Leaves the Final Call on Spectrum Pricing for Cabinet: Report

Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has left the final call for setting the price of the spectrum on the cabinet. DoT has not suggested any change or reduction in the price of the spectrum as proposed by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai). The next spectrum auction is likely to take place in the first quarter of 2021. Since DoT hasn’t suggested any price modification, the government body has left... Read More

Chakri K November 10th, 2020 9:27 PM 39 COMMENTS

Bharti Airtel Adds More Subscribers Than Jio in August 2020: Trai

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) today released "Telecom Subscription Data" for August 2020. As per the information available, Bharti Airtel has added more subscribers than Reliance Jio for the first time in more than four years. Mukesh Ambani-led Jio has been leading the subscriber addition chart ever since its inception. Trai says Airtel added 2.8 million new users in August 2020, whereas Jio managed to grab just 1.8... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur October 28th, 2020 9:03 AM 15 COMMENTS

Telecom Operators Request Trai Chief for Setting a Floor for Data Tariffs

The telecom operators have requested the regulator for fastening the process of setting up floor data tariffs and also look into its decision of not regulating communication apps such as Facebook and WhatsApp. In a meeting with the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) new chief, PD Vaghela, the telecom operators have urged him to avail the valuable E & V airwaves for the auction. For the unaware, these particular... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur October 26th, 2020 11:08 AM 0 COMMENTS

Trai Gives Telcos Extra 30 Days for Updating Tariff Communication Structure

Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has given telecom companies another 30 days for complying with its latest order of tariff communication structure. According to the order, the tariff structure needs to be updated in the websites’ of the operators’ in addition to apps and customer care centres as well. Retail outlets will also need to comply with the order. As per an ET Telecom report, basically, at every point... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur October 20th, 2020 12:27 PM 11 COMMENTS

DoT Request for 5G Airwaves to be Considered by DoS, Defence Ministry

A few days back, the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) had asked the Department of Space (DoS) and the defence ministry to vacate the airwaves in high and medium-range frequency for the smooth rollout of 5G services. Now, as per a report from ET Telecom, an elite panel of secretaries has requested the defence ministry and DoS to consider the request put forth by DoT for vacating the airwaves. Both DoS... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur October 16th, 2020 11:31 AM 24 COMMENTS

DoT Pushes for More 5G Spectrum, Asks DoS and Defence Ministry to Vacate Airwaves

The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has requested the Department of Space (DoS) and the defence ministry to vacate airwaves in the medium and high range spectrum bands for the 5G services rollout. The three parties met to discuss the spectrum issues under a committee led by the Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba. Initially, the 5G spectrum auction was slated to take place in 2020. However, the issues related to the spectrum... Read More

Bala Yogesh October 13th, 2020 2:03 PM 1 COMMENTS

Hathway Now Has Over 1 Million Users, BSNL Continues to Lose Subscribers

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) on Monday highlighted in its Telecom Subscription Data for July that Hathway Cable and Datacom has over one million subscribers as on July 31, 2020. According to the data released by Trai, the wired broadband subscriber base in India increased from 19.82 million as on June 30, 2020 to 20.13 million as on July 31, 2020. The Telecom Subscription Data highlights that the... Read More

Bala Yogesh October 13th, 2020 12:38 PM 146 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio Now Has Over 35% Market Share, Airtel Continues to Have More Active Users

Reliance Jio now has over 35% market share of the total wireless subscriber base in India as on July 31, 2020, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) data reveals. According to the Trai data released on Monday, the total wireless subscriber base increased from 1140.71 million at the end of June to 1144.18 million at the end of July. Trai highlighted that the increase in wireless subscriber base translated... Read More

Bala Yogesh October 12th, 2020 4:40 PM 126 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio Registers 19.3 Mbps Dowload Speed, Idea in Second Spot with 8.6 Mbps Speed

The telecom operators in India including Bharti Airtel, Vodafone, Reliance Jio and Idea have registered an improvement in their network speeds in September, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) data reveals. The data released by Trai on its MySpeed Portal on Saturday is said to be generated using the authority’s MySpeedApp designed to measure data speed experience, signal strength and “other network information.” According to the Trai data, Reliance... Read More

Bala Yogesh September 25th, 2020 3:42 PM 41 COMMENTS

Vodafone Idea Lost Over 4.8 Million Subscribers in June, More “Active” Users on Airtel

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) on Thursday highlighted in its Telecom Subscription Data for the period ending June 30, 2020 that the number of telephone subscribers decreased to 1160.52 million. According to the data released by Trai, Indian telecom operators registered a combined subscriber base of 1163.67 million at the end of May, 2020. The data reveals that the Indian telecom operators lost a combined subscriber base of... Read More