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Tanay Singh Thakur January 12th, 2021 6:15 PM 1 COMMENTS

5G in India Would Be Only Successful if Street Furniture is Paid Attention on: Trai Chairman

The Chairman of Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai), P.D. Vaghela said that telecom operators would face many challenges in deploying 5G infrastructure in India if ‘street furniture’ is not looked at properly. Even though 5G is still a long way to go in India, the operators and the government have started planning for it to ensure a faster and smoother rollout of the service. Vaghela stressed on the need... Read More

Chakri K December 26th, 2020 9:07 PM 33 COMMENTS

Will Trai Implement the Zero IUC Regime on January 1, 2021? Let’s Talk

A year ago on December 18, 2019, the Trai decided to defer the introduction of zero IUC regime to January 2021. Back then, the move was opposed by Reliance Jio and welcomed by Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea. Since then, there's no update from the Trai or telecom operators on IUC (Interconnect Usage Charges). Thanks to the postponement of zero IUC regime, Reliance Jio is charging its customers six paise... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur December 26th, 2020 3:51 PM 2 COMMENTS

New DTH License Guidelines, All You Should Know

The government has recently accepted the Direct-to-Home (DTH) license guidelines proposed by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai). It is worth noting that the acceptance of the new DTH license guidelines comes after 6 years of waiting. When proposed on July 23, 2014, the new rules to the government were titled ‘Issues related to New DTH Licenses’. The Union Cabinet has extended the license period for the DTH industry... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur December 25th, 2020 12:56 PM 2 COMMENTS

Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea Segmented Offers Under Examination by Trai

Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea (Vi) have finally submitted all the details of the segmented offers to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai). Yesterday, we reported that the telcos have asked for extra time from the regulator to comply with its order. But apparently, both the telcos have submitted the segmented offer details which are now being examined by Trai. For the unaware, the regulator asked Airtel and Vi... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur December 24th, 2020 4:41 PM 7 COMMENTS

Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea to Submit Details of Segmented Offers Later

A couple of days back, an order was issued by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) for Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea (Vi) asking them to submit all the details regarding the segmented offers provided to the users within a limited number of days. The last date for the telcos as per the Trai order was December 20, 2020. Today is December 24, 2020, and the telcos haven’t submitted... Read More

Chakri K December 23rd, 2020 8:38 PM 25 COMMENTS

Bharti Airtel Adds 3.67 Million New Users in October, Beats Jio Comfortably: Trai Data

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) released Telecom Subscription Data as on October 31, 2020. During the month, Bharti Airtel again managed to beat Reliance Jio in monthly subscriber additions, and the story of Vodafone Idea remains the same. According to Trai, Airtel added 3.67 million new customers in October, whereas Jio managed to add just 2.22 million users. Vodafone Idea, on the other hand, lost 2.65 million existing... Read More

Bala Yogesh December 14th, 2020 12:10 PM 46 COMMENTS

Jio Download Speeds Hit 20 Mbps in November, Vodafone in Second with 9.8 Mbps Speed

Reliance Jio, the largest wireless operator in India delivered average download speeds of 20.8 Mbps in November, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) data reveals. According to the data released by Trai on its MySpeed Portal, Indian telecom operators largely delivered improved download speeds in November as compared to the previous month. The data released by Trai on its MySpeed Portal on Thursday is said to be generated using... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur December 10th, 2020 6:00 PM 11 COMMENTS

Put All the Available 5G Spectrum in Auction to Avoid Scarcity: Trai Secretary

Addressing the nation at the Indian Mobile Congress (IMC) 2020, SK Gupta, Secretary of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) said that the telecom department needs to ensure adequate availability of 5G spectrum at an affordable price for the telcos. This is so that Indian telecom service providers (TSPs) can test 5G for India specific use cases as soon as possible. Gupta said that he is aware of the... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur December 5th, 2020 12:29 PM 25 COMMENTS

Telecom Operators Need to Submit Details of Segmented Offers By December 20, 2020: Trai

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has asked the telcos to submit the details about all the segmented offers provided to the users between the January and November period in 2020. A few weeks back, the Supreme Court of India had asked both Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea to submit all the details regarding the segmented offers they were making to their users. General Solicitor Tushar Mehta representing Trai... Read More

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