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Bala Yogesh May 11th, 2020 7:38 PM 1 COMMENTS

Trai Asks Citizens to Exercise Caution while Joining Online Conference Through Audio Calls to Avoid Bill Shocks

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) on Monday in an advisory asked the citizens to exercise caution while joining online conferences through audio calls. In its advisory, Trai said that “few consumers” have disclosed to the authority that they received “bill shocks” while joining online conference platforms “inadvertently dialing international” numbers. Trai highlighted that several citizens have switched to online conferencing platforms due to extended COVID-19 lockdowns and it... Read More

Shrijan Soni May 9th, 2020 5:17 PM 5 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio Adds 6.5 Million New Subscribers in January 2020: Trai

Reliance Jio is aggressively expanding its subscriber base in India. The telco giant has added 6.5 million subscribers in January 2020. Even though Reliance Jio increased the tariff back in December 2019, subscribers accepted the increase rates and opted for the services of Reliance Jio. Talking about Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea, Airtel added 0.85 million users, whereas Vodafone Idea lost 3.62 million customers. As per the latest telco subscriber... Read More

Shrijan Soni May 7th, 2020 9:56 AM 1 COMMENTS

Telcos Ask Trai to Retain 50 Paise per Spam SMS Rule

Telecom operators Bharti Airtel, Reliance Jio, Vodafone Idea and Tata Communications have urged Trai to continue the 50 Paise Per Spam SMS rule to eliminate spam messages from telemarketers who are not registered. Trai rolled out the regime back in 2012 and mandated that Rs 50 Paise per SMS will be charged after 100 SMS per day and per SIM. Telecom operators addressed their views in a virtual open house... Read More

Shrijan Soni May 1st, 2020 5:43 PM 0 COMMENTS

Finance Ministry Task Force Considers DoT’s 5G Spectrum Price Exorbitant

A task force assembled by Finance Ministry noted that that 5G spectrum pricing set by DoT is too high. Though DoT has fixed the prices of 5G Spectrum as per the norms of Trai, the entire telecom industry is showing their concerns regarding the high pricing of 5G spectrum. Telecom industry is already facing substantial financial distress, and the payment of AGR dues has already burdened telecom operators. Finance Ministry... Read More

Bala Yogesh April 30th, 2020 3:53 PM 0 COMMENTS

BARC India Celebrates 5 Years of Delivering Ratings, Trai Knocks on its Doors for Revamp

The Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) India on Wednesday said on Twitter that it has completed five years of delivering ratings as it shared celebratory messages from its board members and industry experts. BARC India, the industry led body representing broadcasters, advertisers along with advertising and media agencies was accredited by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB) in 2015 to carry out television ratings in India. Meanwhile, the Telecom Regulatory... Read More

Bala Yogesh April 28th, 2020 3:54 PM 0 COMMENTS

Trai Recommends Revamp of TRP Measurement Body

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) on Tuesday said that structural reforms were required in the structure of Broadcast Audience Research Council India (BARC) for added transparency in the TRP measurement system. Trai also said that the rating agency should be mandated to increase the sample size to 60,000 by the end of 2020 from its existing size of 44,000. Further, as part of its recommendations on “Review of... Read More

Shrijan Soni April 27th, 2020 1:09 PM 0 COMMENTS

Trai Will Not Issue New Directives on Prepaid Validity Extension for Telcos

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has stated that new directives will not be pushed for telecom operators such as Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Idea and Reliance Jio regarding the prepaid validity extension of their subscribers. Earlier, Trai directed the telcos to submit prepaid recharge patterns for creating a blueprint for prepaid subscribers to offer them seamless telecom services and benefits in the lockdown period. Trai announced the statement after... Read More

Shrijan Soni April 17th, 2020 5:21 PM 0 COMMENTS

Trai Revises Fixed International Terminal Charges to Re 0.65 per Minute

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has released the 16th amendment of the Interconnect Usage Charge (IUC) Regulations. Trai has changed the provisions and rate of the fixed International Termination Charges (ITC). ITC charge, which was earlier prescribed at Re 0.30 per minute, has been changed to the prescribed regime of Re 0.35 per minute to Re 0.65 per minute. Also, Trai has marked that Access providers will offer... Read More

Shrijan Soni April 17th, 2020 1:38 PM 0 COMMENTS

Telcos Seek More Time from Trai for Submitting Prepaid Recharge Pattern Details

Last week, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) directed all the major telecom operators Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Idea and Reliance Jio to submit data on recharge pattern details. In response to the request as reported by ET Telecom, telcos have urged Trai to provide time till April 20, 2020, as the requested information is vast and compilation process would take more than 24 hours. Since the government of India... Read More

Shrijan Soni April 15th, 2020 12:47 PM 0 COMMENTS

Telecom Operators Must Provide Data on Recharge Patterns: Trai

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has directed all the telecom operators to provide data on recharge patterns and other necessary information of prepaid users. Since the government of India has extended the lockdown period until May 03, 2020, Trai is creating a blueprint on how the prepaid benefits will be extended for subscribers which will cater to the needs of seamless connectivity in the lockdown period. Once, telecom... Read More

Chakri K April 15th, 2020 9:45 AM 3 COMMENTS

Trai Believes Telcos Should Extend the Validity of Current Prepaid Plans

The demand for mobile connectivity has soared and reached a new level. People are consuming more content than ever because of being forced to stay inside their homes during the lockdown. The lockdown was further extended by PM Modi yesterday until May 3, 2020. This is why Trai believes telcos should extend the validity of current prepaid plans. Even though this is not an absolute liability for the telcos, they... Read More

Bala Yogesh April 14th, 2020 3:07 PM 1 COMMENTS

DTH and Cable TV STBs Cannot Be Interoperable Due to Technical and Financial Constraints: Trai

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) on Saturday announced that all Set-Top Boxes (STB) in India must be interoperable. The authority said that the Direct-to-Home (DTH) providers as well as multi-system operators (MSO) would be given six months from the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB) notification to facilitate the service. Crucially, it was said that the interoperability would be permissible within the DTH segment and within cable segment... Read More