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Arpit Sharma January 22nd, 2020 6:39 PM 0 COMMENTS

Trai Suggests Unbundling of Infrastructure to Ease Situation of Telcos

The telecom industry has been under massive distress. The latest in the list of financial burdens over the telecom industry is the Rs 1.47 lakh crore dues which the telecom companies have to pay to the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) for license fees, Spectrum Usage charges (SUC) and more. However, all of this has also got the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) worried as well. The sector regulator which... Read More

Arpit Sharma January 21st, 2020 11:24 AM 3 COMMENTS

Trai Says Only Two Private Telcos in Industry is a Risky Affair

As per the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) and one of its top officials, a situation where there are only two private telecom operators leading to a duopoly could be a dangerous situation for the industry, ET Telecom reported. The Trai official who decided to be anonymous added that Trai has already suggested some of the relief measures to the government which include a reduction in Spectrum Usage Charges... Read More

Chakri K January 20th, 2020 6:04 PM 4 COMMENTS

Trai Should Intervene With Minimum Type of Things, Says COAI

The Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) says the sector regulator Trai should intervene only with the minimum type of things unless there's a major breakdown in the telecom industry. Last month, Trai floated a new consultation paper for setting floor pricing in the industry. The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) always said that it doesn't want to intervene in the tariff segment and always let telcos decide their... Read More

Arpit Sharma January 19th, 2020 6:30 AM 1 COMMENTS

Trai New Multi TV Policy Reduces Attractiveness of D2h and Dish TV Connections

Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has already laid out the new rules of the game for the DTH industry. While the broadcasters are not pleased with the new regulations of the industry and are vehemently opposing the new rules, the consumers are rejoicing on some relief which they have received on the pricing front when it comes to the DTH connections. One of the areas which Trai has patched... Read More

Arpit Sharma January 17th, 2020 6:40 AM 1 COMMENTS

Trai Deadline for Furnishing New Channel Prices Skipped by Broadcasters

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) put forth a very intriguing announcement on the first day of the year, which was not liked by the broadcasters in India. Since the start of the year, the broadcasters and channel owners in India have been resentful of the National Tariff Order 2.0 or the changes which have been made to the Trai tariff regime by Trai. These changes, as per the... Read More

Arpit Sharma January 16th, 2020 7:10 PM 22 COMMENTS

Vodafone Idea Loses 30 Million and More Subscribers in November: Trai Data

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has released the subscription data in the telecom industry for the month of November 2019. Like every time, the data for the subscribers and the total wired and wireless subscribers is a very crucial one for the industry and tells us how the companies are performing and what the trend is. This time also we have got to know some very interesting things... Read More

Arpit Sharma January 16th, 2020 1:46 PM 1 COMMENTS

Trai New DTH Rules: Why Broadcasters Are Angry at the Telecom Regulator

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) launched new DTH rules right on the first day of the year. While 2019 was all about shifting to the new Trai tariff regime, it seems that Trai is wanting to make 2020 all about changing the Trai tariff regime. In the second half of last year, Trai admitted that it might have overlooked some of the things while bringing the National Tariff... Read More

Arpit Sharma January 15th, 2020 9:50 AM 0 COMMENTS

Trai DTH Rule Changes: No Relief for Broadcasters from Bombay HC

On Tuesday, the Bombay High Court heard the petitions filed by the broadcasters and the major group of all broadcasters being represented by the groups. Some of the big names which had approached the Bombay HC in regards to the new Trai DTH rules included the Indian Broadcasting Foundation (IBF), Star India, Viacom18, Sony Pictures Networks India (SPNI) and more. These broadcasters have been against the new amendments made by... Read More

Arpit Sharma January 14th, 2020 11:51 AM 1 COMMENTS

Trai New DTH Rule Battle Intensifies as Broadcasters Approach Bombay HC Against Amendments

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has made some radical changes to the rules which it had put forth back in 2019. These rules, known as the Trai tariff regime or the National Tariff Order (NTO), have been changed to pave the way for the NTO 2.0. Under these new rules, Trai has put consumer interest forward and has reduced the ways of revenue generation for the broadcasters by... Read More

Arpit Sharma January 13th, 2020 3:39 PM 1 COMMENTS

Trai Says New DTH Rules Are Good For Both Consumers and Broadcasters

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has released new amendments to the National Tariff Order which went into effect last year in February. The National Tariff Order (NTO) or the Trai Tariff Regime brought some reeling changes into the industry, made the pricing of channels and DTH connections fairer and gave more choices to the consumers as well. However, it also increased the prices of the DTH and cable... Read More

Arpit Sharma January 13th, 2020 6:30 AM 5 COMMENTS

Trai Rule Changes in DTH Will Allow You to Watch More FTA Channels Without Additional Cost

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) announced new changes for the DTH industry last year and with these changes, it divided channels into two types which included FTA (Free-to-Air) channels and Pay channels. The difference between these two types of channels was exactly what the name said. However, even the FTA channels were not entirely free. The subscribers still had to pay the Network Capacity Fee (NCF) which is... Read More

Arpit Sharma January 11th, 2020 12:22 PM 24 COMMENTS

Trai Keeps 6 Paise IUC Regime for Another Year: What Does it Mean for Reliance Jio Subscribers

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) is retaining the six paise per minute Interconnect Usage Charges (IUC) for another year. To recall, Trai was supposed to implement zero-IUC regime on January 1, 2020, according to its announcement made back in 2017. However, incumbents Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea had approached Trai to postpone the zero-IUC regime by at least three years. Zero-IUC regime would benefit Reliance Jio the most... Read More