The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) and its agenda in the DTH industry has been consumer transparency and fair pricing. All the steps that Trai has taken in the last few years have been to accomplish this only. Of course, the last major step in this was the introduction of the Trai tariff regime, or the National Tariff Order (NTO). But, now we are getting to see a second... Read More
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has been making many changes to the DTH and broadcasting industry back to back since the rollout of the Tariff Regime in 2019. While at the start of the last year, Trai rolled out its National Tariff Order (NTO), barely a year later, Trai is again at the hem of the industry with a second version of the NTO which it is calling... Read More
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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