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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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