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Arpit Sharma October 11th, 2019 5:48 PM 37 COMMENTS

Trai May Not Scrap IUC for Another 2 Years: What it Means for Jio Customers?

There is a full-blown battle underway in the telecom sector regarding the Interconnect Usage Charges. The feud between the telecom operators, which was between the companies until now has now extended to the subscribers as well since Reliance Jio has announced that for every outgoing call to other networks, it is going to charge its customers 6 paise per minute. This announcement has taken the telecom industry by storm and... Read More

Arpit Sharma October 11th, 2019 1:45 PM 0 COMMENTS

Tata Sky and Other DTH Operators Oppose Trai on Issue of Separate Registration Fee for Platform Services

A few weeks back, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) had floated a new consultation paper on the platform services which are being provided by the DTH operators. The DTH operators and the other industry stakeholders were asked to drop their comments on the issue over this consultation paper. On that front, the DTH operators have now reached out to the telecom regulator saying that there should be no... Read More

Arpit Sharma October 10th, 2019 11:19 AM 3 COMMENTS

DTH Subscribers Might Soon Get Third-Party Channel Selection App, Trai Asks DPOs to Share API

In the matter of the development of a third-party application for channel selection, the Distribution Platform Operators (DPOs) had said that there would be privacy and security issues if the operators were to share the information with the third party. However, now in a new move, Trai has got the DPOs to share their Application Programme Interface (API) with it. For now, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India has also... Read More

Arpit Sharma October 9th, 2019 6:20 PM 5 COMMENTS

After Trai Direction, All DTH Operators Will Allow Adding and Dropping of Channels via SMS

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has been on the task of refining the new regulatory regime after its implementation in the first half of the calendar year. To do this, the telecom regulator has been rolling out new consultation papers for discussion or either sending out new directions. All this refining of the new Trai tariff regime is being done so that the consumers get the best possible... Read More

Arpit Sharma October 6th, 2019 6:30 AM 8 COMMENTS

Cable TV Subscription Could Be More Attractive Over DTH After New NCF Discount

There has been a competition going on in the DTH industry after the implementation of the new Trai tariff regime. Ever since the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) introduced the new tariff regime in the industry, the competitiveness of the sector has definitely gone up. However, the implementation of the tariff regime also meant that the subscribers were now facing increased monthly rentals with the new regulations in place.... Read More

Chakri K October 4th, 2019 4:14 PM 2 COMMENTS

Trai Asked by Public Broadcaster to Mandate DD Channels Even for Inactive Subscribers

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has been asked by the public broadcaster, Prasar Bharti that the DPOs should mandate the DD channel which it provides even for the inactive subscribers. Currently, the distribution platform operators (DPOs) have been mandated by Trai to offer 25 DD channels to the active subscribers. But, now the public broadcaster has asked the telecom regulator to mandate the DPOs to make the case... Read More

Chakri K October 3rd, 2019 12:28 PM 5 COMMENTS

Cable TV Subscribers Will Now Get 150 Channels Instead of 100 for Rs 130 NCF

There has been a struggle going on in the DTH and cable TV industry ever since the implementation of the new Trai tariff regime. The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) brought the new pricing regulations in place in the country, and that led to the increase of monthly subscription costs for the DTH and cable TV subscribers. After Trai realised the drawback of the new tariff regime, it has... Read More

Arpit Sharma October 1st, 2019 5:52 PM 41 COMMENTS

Now Bharti Airtel Lowers Ringing Time to 25 Seconds In a Tussle with Reliance Jio

Bharti Airtel and Reliance Jio have been locking horns since the last few years, but recently the two telecom operators have been engaged in a different kind of rivalry. Since the past few months, the matter between the two rival telcos has been about missed calls and something called Interconnect Usage Charges (IUC). Now the Reliance Jio subscribers must have already noticed that the telco has reduced the ringing time... Read More

Arpit Sharma September 30th, 2019 3:46 PM 0 COMMENTS

Trai and IBF on Polar Ends Over DTH, Cable TV Regulations and Channel Bouquets

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has been implying this since long that the channel broadcasters are offering massive discounts on the channel bouquets to make them have better traction as opposed to the individual channel selection. However, now in a new turn of events, the Indian Broadcasting Foundation (IBF) has refuted the claim made by the sector regulator that the broadcasters are not doing any such move. It... Read More

Arpit Sharma September 27th, 2019 6:57 PM 70 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio Outgoing Calls Now Ring for 25 Seconds as Effect of the Missed Call Debacle

The subscribers and the people in the industry are now aware of the ongoing tussle between the Mukesh Ambani led telecom operator, Reliance Jio and the other incumbents over the ringing time of calls. To recall, a few days back, Reliance Jio had reduced the ringing time of calls being made from its network to other networks down to 20 seconds. This move was not liked by the other telecom... Read More

Arpit Sharma September 27th, 2019 5:53 PM 2 COMMENTS

Trai Extends Timeline for Rollout of New Mobile Number Portability Regulations

One of the highly demanded services in the telecom sector is of mobile number portability (MNP). The demand for this service has especially gone up after the industry went through the data tariff war and the competition between the telecom operators intensified. As a result, the telcos started rolling out new attractive offers at luring prices, which led to the migration of consumers from one network to another. It is... Read More

Arpit Sharma September 26th, 2019 1:41 PM 14 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio Says VoLTE Is the Reason for Its Lower Network Costs, Not Accounting Practices

When the issue of Interconnect Usage Charges (IUC) came up, the Sunil Bharti Mittal led telecom operator, Bharti Airtel alleged that the network cost incurred by Reliance Jio is lower because of its different accounting practices. Now in a new update, as reported by ET Telecom, Reliance Jio has rejected the allegation saying that the network costs are lower for the telco because of the technology that it uses and not... Read More