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Chakri K March 22nd, 2021 9:46 PM 1 COMMENTS

Vodafone Idea’s Incorrect Subscriber Data Reporting is an Inadvertent Error, Says Trai

Vodafone Idea, which sent out incorrect subscriber data for the month of January 2021 to Trai, may be further questioned by the regulator if it feels the reason provided is not enough. Trai is also examining the error and even called it 'inadvertent,' reports Livemint. For the unaware, Vodafone Idea reported incorrect subscriber additions for the UP West telecom circle which surprised analysts. Trai's Monthly Subscription Report for January 2021... Read More

Chakri K March 22nd, 2021 10:47 AM 29 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio 4G Download Speed Dips for 2 Months Straight, Vi Gains in February: Trai

The Trai has updated its 'MySpeed' portal for February 2021. The Trai data says Reliance Jio saw its average 4G download speed decline for the second month in a row. However, it is still the leading operator when it comes to 4G speeds. Reliance Jio achieved an average 4G download speed of 15.4 Mbps, which is down from 17.9 Mbps in January 2021 and 20.2 Mbps in December 2020. Trai... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur March 10th, 2021 2:30 PM 2 COMMENTS

SMS Regulations Suspended for One Week: Trai

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has suspended the SMS regulations on Tuesday, which came into effect just a day before. Because of the SMS regulations, a ton of SMSes carrying important data such as Railways ticket bookings, OTPs, Aadhar authentication, and more weren’t being delivered to the customers. To ensure that the end customer doesn’t have to pay for the relaxed behaviour of businesses on implementing the new... Read More

Chakri K February 24th, 2021 10:27 PM 2 COMMENTS

Trai Says Locally Made Telecom and Broadcast Gear Will Make India a $5 Trillion Economy

Amid rising tensions between India and China, the Trai has now called for suggestions to push the locally made gear in the telecom and broadcasting sectors. As you might be aware of already, Chinese gear makers like ZTE and Huawei may not take part in India's telecom sector anymore. Already, telcos like Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea are switching to other gear makers like Ericsson and Nokia. The Government of... Read More

Chakri K February 20th, 2021 10:45 AM 90 COMMENTS

Vodafone Idea Lost a Whopping 5.6 Million Users in December 2020, Airtel Gains 4 Million: Trai

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has released Telecom Subscription Data as of December 31, 2020, in which it revealed that Vodafone Idea lost a whopping 5.6 million users. Vi ended 2020 with an overall subscriber base of 269 million. The trend of Reliance Jio slow subscriber additions remains the same; The Mukesh Ambani-led telco added just 478,917 users in the last month of 2020, whereas its direct rival... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur February 6th, 2021 1:36 PM 1 COMMENTS

Trai Announces New Recommendations for Regulation of Platform Services

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has recently announced that all the platform services provided by Direct-to-Home (DTH) operators, Internet Protocol Television (IPTV), or Multiple System Operators (MSOs) shall be exclusive to their platforms and should not be shared with any other distribution platform operator (DPO) directly or indirectly. If the platform service is shared with a DPO, Trai or the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB) reserve the... Read More

Shloke Sarkar February 6th, 2021 10:16 AM 0 COMMENTS

Latest Trai MyCall Report Indicates Dip in BSNL Voice Quality

State-run telecom service provider Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) as per data collected by Trai's MyCall app is at the bottom of the barrel when it comes to voice quality comparison against alternative service providers all around the country. The app was capable of recording over 13,000 reports, with 3,626 (29.7%) reports from Reliance Jio users, 3,391 (27.7%) reports from Idea customers, 1,772 (14.5%) from Vodafone users, 2,903 (23.8%) reports from... Read More

Chakri K January 28th, 2021 9:29 PM 6 COMMENTS

Bharti Airtel Again Outperforms Jio by Adding 4.3 Million Users in November: Trai

As per data released by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai), Bharti Airtel, which announced earlier today that it had tested 5G in India, in a commercial manner had gained more mobile users, or subscribers, in comparison to the market leader, Jio, for the fourth consecutive month in November. This is a sign of users shifting from Vi and migrating to Airtel, which is poor news for VI, which... Read More

Chakri K January 21st, 2021 10:21 PM 0 COMMENTS

Prepaid and Postpaid ARPU Saw Healthy Increase in Q2 FY21: Trai Data

The Trai today released 'Indian Telecom Services Performance Indicator Report' for the quarter ending July-September 2020. As we have seen with the monthly reports for July, August and September, Bharti Airtel has added more than 10 million new customers during the quarter. At the end of June 2020, Airtel' subscriber base stood at 316.6 million, which increased to 326.6 million at the end of September 2020. In comparison, Reliance Jio... Read More

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