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Arpit Sharma September 23rd, 2019 3:42 PM 4 COMMENTS

Telcos Clash in Again as Trai Issues New Consultation Paper on Review of Interconnect Usage Charges

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has lately issued a new consultation paper on the review of Interconnect Usage Charges (IUC). The IUC is defined as the cost that a mobile operator pays to another operator for carrying through or terminating a call. For example, if you call from one mobile network to another mobile network, then the first operator will pay a charge to the second operator for... Read More

Arpit Sharma September 20th, 2019 4:13 PM 0 COMMENTS

Trai Introduces New Paper to Develop Unified Numbering System in India

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has been on a row of introducing new consultation papers. The telecom regulator is introducing these new papers to improve the industry with innovative solutions to the problems that exist. Some of the consultation papers have been about the issues in the new taariff regime as well. However, today, Trai has floated a new consultation paper in the public domain, which targets the... Read More

Arpit Sharma September 18th, 2019 5:49 PM 1 COMMENTS

Trai Tariff Regime Drove Away 15 Million Subscribers and Undermined Investment

If we know one thing for sure about the new National Tariff Order (NTO) for the broadcasting and cable sector, it is that the new regulations have had a mixed impact on the industry. While the new tariff regime enforced by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) was largely meant to bring transparency and pricing changes for the subscribers, it has also driven a lot of them out of... Read More

Arpit Sharma September 17th, 2019 12:27 PM 25 COMMENTS

Trai To Now Discuss Ringing Duration of Call for Optimised Use of Network Resources

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) seems to be on a spree of introducing new consultation papers. The sector regulator has issued a lot of consultation papers in the past few months only and in a new development now, Trai has floated another consultation paper which has a unique proposition. As per an ET Telecom report, the topic of the new consultation paper floated by Trai has to do... Read More

Arpit Sharma September 11th, 2019 6:30 PM 13 COMMENTS

Trai Announces New Porting Fee for MNP, Will Go Effective on September 30

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has introduced a new fee for mobile number portability (MNP) which is pegged at Rs 5.74, and it will be effective starting September 30, 2019. As per the telecom regulator, this new fee has been calculated based on a cost reimbursement basis after the change in architecture. This report comes from ET Telecom. The Telecom Regulatory chairman, RS Sharma, said, “These (mobile portability)... Read More

Arpit Sharma September 10th, 2019 6:45 PM 11 COMMENTS

DoT Adamant on Conducting 4G and 5G Spectrum Auction by Year End

The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has a huge responsibility on its shoulders of conducting the upcoming auctions for the 4G and 5G airwaves. As per an official of the DoT, the department is trying to arrange the sale of the spectrum in the current calendar year even though the timeline of the auction seems pretty packed. As per an ET Telecom report, the Digital Communications Committee (DCC) will meet next... Read More

Arpit Sharma September 10th, 2019 2:58 PM 1 COMMENTS

Trai Sets Its Sight on Set-Top Box Interoperability: What is It and Will it Be Useful?

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has been making a lot of changes in the Indian broadcasting industry to make it more accessible and transparent. In the same process, the sector regulator introduced a tariff regime aiming at bringing more transparency in the industry. However, the new tariff regime failed to impress the consumers as they complained about increased TV bills. But Trai has another major move under its... Read More

Arpit Sharma September 9th, 2019 5:44 PM 1 COMMENTS

Trai Recommended Spectrum Pricing Likely to Get Approved by DCC

The Digital Communications Committee (DCC) which was previously known as the Telecom Secretary, heads the apex telecom related decisionmaking in the country now. The next most crucial decision in line for the committee seems to be regarding the 4G spectrum and 5G airwaves auction. In a new development reported by ET Telecom, the DCC might likely approve the spectrum pricing recommended by the sector regulator, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of... Read More

Arpit Sharma September 5th, 2019 12:45 PM 0 COMMENTS

Trai Finalises New Regulations on Register of Interconnection Agreements for Broadcasters

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has introduced new regulations which will allow the industry stakeholders, mainly DPOs and broadcasters, to register interconnect regulations. Trai has today issued the Telecommunication (Broadcasting and Cable) Services Register of Interconnection Agreements and all such other matters Regulations, 2019. The telecom regulator has noted that the main aim of this new regulation will be to bring together a reporting system for the service... Read More

Arpit Sharma September 5th, 2019 5:49 AM 1 COMMENTS

Trai Looking to Make New Changes to New Tariff Regime: What Does it Entail for the Consumers?

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) introduced the new tariff regime for the good of the industry back in 2017, the new regulatory framework which involved changes to the quality of service norms, changes to rules related to distribution, broadcasting and the way these services were priced. However, when these new rules went into implementation, the market did not precisely react how the telecom regulator had thought that it... Read More

Arpit Sharma September 3rd, 2019 1:37 PM 0 COMMENTS

Trai Appoints Nine Agencies to Audit Addressable Systems of DPOs

In line with the new Telecom Regulatory Framework, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has appointed nine agencies to conduct an audit of the Digital Addressable Systems (DAS). The list of these auditors include CA Anil Kumar Jain, Borkar & Muzumdar, Peeyush Vaish, Partner, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu India LLP, Rahul Shah, Associate Partner, Ernst & Young LLP, Jitendra Kumar Sarawgi, Managing Partner, J.K. Sarawgi & Company, Jeenendra Bhandari, Partner,... Read More

Arpit Sharma September 2nd, 2019 6:37 PM 0 COMMENTS

Trai Maps Out New Plans for Telecom Infrastructure Providers to Reduce Financial Pressure on Telcos

As per the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai), by increasing the scope of infrastructure providers, which is aimed at infrastructure from services it would be able to reduce capital and operational expenses of the telecom operators. As per the sector regulator, this would also help the stress telecom operators and would increase the ease of doing business. As per an ET Telecom report, Trai chairman, RS Sharma remarked, “Services... Read More