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November 11th, 2019 1:09 PM 1 COMMENTS

Trai Floats New Consultation Paper on Review of IUC Regulations and International Termination Charges

There has been a big debate going on in the Indian telecom industry about the Interconnection Usage Charges (IUC). Although IUC sounds like a matter which not many of the consumers would care to know about, the situation of the industry has become such that they have to be concerned about it now. This is courtesy of the latest telecom entrant, Reliance Jio which is now directly charging IUC from... Read More

November 8th, 2019 7:07 PM 8 COMMENTS

Trai Says Customers Will Be Able to Port SIM in Two Days After December 16

The subscribers in the telecom industry who have ported a SIM know that currently the porting process has been designed such that it takes at least seven days to port a SIM from one operator to other. However, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has been working on the regulations related to Mobile Number Portability (MNP) to reduce this time required by the MNP service providers and the telecom... Read More

November 8th, 2019 1:13 PM 15 COMMENTS

Airtel and Vodafone Idea May Get Relief as DoT Plans to Cut Down Spectrum Prices by Half

The telecom industry in India remains buried under a massive debt which now surpasses Rs 8 lakh crore. The concerns in the industry about the financial health of the sector have been rising day by day, and the companies are not the only ones concerned now. The financial situation of the industry is in such a situation that even the government had to do some intervention in this regard. The... Read More

November 8th, 2019 11:03 AM 39 COMMENTS

Trai to Hold Discussion on IUC Next Week, Here Are the Things to Expect

The talks about the Interconnect Usage Charges (IUC) have been raging in the industry. Mainly, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has a lot of decisions to make on the matter. In the past, the issue has been surrounded by much controversy, and it still remains one of the most heated arguments in the telecom industry. Also, this is not the first time that talks of the IUC regime... Read More

November 6th, 2019 5:23 PM 1 COMMENTS

Mobile Number Portability Rules Will Change for Good, But the Subscribers Will Have to Wait

In a telecom industry which is going through many waves and cycles, the consumers are finding it hard to stick with one telecom operator. A while ago, Reliance Jio had all the attention of the subscribers in the telecom industry. However, that has changed recently as the Mukesh Ambani led telecom operator introduced IUC based talk time on calls to other networks. After that, the subscribers are now in the... Read More

November 6th, 2019 2:02 PM 31 COMMENTS

Trai May Not Set Floor Pricing in Telecom Industry Because it Will Be Anti-Consumer Move

Last week, major news came out from the industry that the government is looking to provide relief to telecom operators by asking Trai to implement floor pricing. However, a new report from ET Telecom now says Trai did not receive any official update from the government and setting floor pricing in the industry will be an anti-consumer move. The officials from Trai also informed the publication that setting floor pricing... Read More

November 5th, 2019 1:05 PM 1 COMMENTS

Trai Will Bring New MNP Rules for Subscribers After Thorough Testing, Delays Implementation

This year has been a bumpy ride for the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) and the consumers of the telecom industry. The telecom operators have also faced the waves of changing regulations on many fronts this year. But, with so many changes already underway, this wave of regulatory amendments does not seem to be stopping anytime soon. The next in line of the regulatory changes that Trai is working... Read More

November 4th, 2019 12:51 PM 34 COMMENTS

Trai New MNP Rules Go Live on November 11, But Subscribers Will Not be Able to Port Till Then

There has been a long ongoing debate about the rules concerning Mobile Number Portability (MNP). In the telecom industry, portability remains one of the most demanded services by the subscribers. However, for an industry which is making progress at an unprecedented rate with the coming of 4G and 5G network, the MNP process is something which has remained obsolete for most of the subscribers. With mobile phones and connectivity existing... Read More

November 1st, 2019 1:47 PM 3 COMMENTS

DTH and Cable TV Operators Will List Reduced Channel Prices on Website After Trai Sends Notice

The last month in the DTH and broadcasting industry has again been very happening. We saw the rise of Tata Sky to the top ranks of DTH service providers by taking the place of Dish TV, and in another major news for the subscribers of DTH services, the big broadcasters announced price cuts on their channels. The new price cut, was announced by the broadcasters on their channels and the... Read More

October 31st, 2019 1:57 PM 0 COMMENTS

Trai New Interconnect Regulations Will Govern Rules for DPO on Watermarking, Fingerprinting and More

After a lot of discussion and consultation, the telecom regulator, which also oversees the regulations in the DTH and the broadcasting industry has changed the audit regulations for the Distribution Platform Operators (DPOs). The new regulations by Trai on this matter tighten the audit regime by making changes to the interconnection regulations. As per the new regulations, the operator should schedule the annual audit such that there should be a... Read More

October 24th, 2019 6:58 PM 5 COMMENTS

Trai Issues Recommendations to DTH Operators on KYC of Set-Top Boxes

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has been making many changes in the DTH and the broadcasting industry ever since the introduction of the new Trai tariff regime. Since the regulatory changes which happened in the start of the year, the regulator has introduced many consultation papers to seek the views of stakeholders of the industry on various topics and probable regulations which it could introduce in the near... Read More

October 12th, 2019 6:31 AM 1 COMMENTS

Trai Decisions That Have Impacted the Prepaid and DTH Subscribers in the Past 12 Months

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) is the apex body and the regulator when it comes to the telecom industry and the broadcasting and DTH industry as well. The past year has been very happening for the regulator as we have seen many new inceptions and changes in the regulations that were previously in place. The changes that happened for both the telecom and the DTH industry were no... Read More

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