The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) is not going to back down on enforcing stringent Quality of Service (QoS) measures. The new QoS measures from TRAI will come into effect from October 1, 2024. However, the telcos are not happy with these new measures. They have expressed that the new measures are too stringent, and also will increase the cost of operating the business without benefitting the consumer much!... Read More
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has called for proactive action from all stakeholders, particularly Access Service Providers and their Delivery Telemarketers, to take immediate steps. This includes implementing technical solutions for traceability and preventing bulk calling by their enterprise customers using 10-digit numbers through PRI/SIP. Also Read: TRAI Mandates Stricter QoS Standards for Indian Telecom Providers, Effective October 2024 Recent Meeting Highlights and Key Discussions This week, TRAI... Read More
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) released revised regulations titled The Standards of Quality of Service of Access (Wirelines and Wireless) and Broadband (Wireline and Wireless) Service Regulations, 2024. These regulations are applicable to Access (Fixed and Mobile) and Broadband services, TRAI said. Also Read: TRAI Clarifies: No Charges for Multiple SIMs in Proposed Numbering Plan Key Changes and Implementation Details Effective October 1, 2024, the new regulations consolidate and... Read More
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has asked the telcos to provide information or data on the spam calls that were made to Indian consumers in the April-June 2024 quarter. There are many unregistered telemarketers in the country who keep making robocalls to customers. While the regulatory body has earmarked the 140 numbering series for all promotional or marketing calls, there are still robocalls being made via 10-digit numbers.... Read More
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has released a consultation paper titled 'Review of Telecom Consumer Protection Regulation (TCPR), 2012.' The regulatory body has talked about voice and SMS-only vouchers. The Indian telecom industry has gone through a major evolution since Jio came in 2016. Consumers had the option to choose between data, SMS, and voice-only vouchers before Jio. That option doesn't exist anymore. The plans available for customers... Read More
Mobile Number Portability (MNP) in India allows mobile phone users to switch their service providers without changing their phone numbers. MNP was introduced to enhance competition among service providers, improve service quality, and provide more freedom and flexibility to consumers. Now, MNP requests in India have reached a significant milestone, surpassing 1 billion since the service was introduced in January 2011, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) said on... Read More
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has announced amendments for regulations focused on the DTH (Direct-t0-Home) and broadcasting industry. These new amendments have been introduced to fuel the growth of the broadcasting sector by reducing regulatory mandates and compliance requirements. Read More - DTH Needs an OTT Refresh to Add Pay Subscribers No NCF Ceiling for DPOs Firstly, the DTH operators don't have to follow the previous NCF (network... Read More
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) under the Ministry of Communications has announced that the Telecommunication Mobile Number Portability (Ninth Amendment) Regulations, 2024, will come into effect from July 1, 2024. Aimed at thwarting fraudulent practices involving SIM swaps or replacements, these regulations introduce stringent measures to safeguard consumers. Also Read: TRAI Clarifies: No Charges for Multiple SIMs in Proposed Numbering Plan Key Provision of the Amendment Under the... Read More
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has issued a clarification amidst misleading media reports regarding its recent consultation paper on the revision of the National Numbering Plan (NNP). Contrary to recent claims in some media outlets, TRAI has categorically denied any proposal to impose fees on mobile or landline numbers, or charges for holding multiple SIMs or numbering resources. The authority asserts that such speculation is baseless and aims... Read More
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has issued a consultation paper today on the revision of the National Numbering Plan in response to the evolving telecommunications landscape and the advent of 5G networks. The national numbering plan, last updated in 2003, needs review to address challenges posed by the increasing number of subscribers and the expansion of services, the statement said. Also Read: TRAI Advocates Both Passive and Active... Read More
BSNL and Vodafone Idea (Vi) have lost wireless subscribers, while Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel have gained wireless subscribers in March 2024, as per the Telecom Subscription Data released by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) on Friday. The report noted that Airtel had gained wireless subscribers across all circles during the month. With this, the total number of wireless subscribers across all the operators in India increased at... Read More
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has issued directions today to all access service providers for the submission of granular details of Base Stations, strengthening the reporting rules for Base Stations' details submission. TRAI has asked operators to submit details such as site location, type of site (Macro/Micro/IBS/Other), technology (2G/3G/4G/5G), radiating frequency, type of backhaul connectivity (Fibre/Wireless/Others), Date of Commissioning of the site, etc., in a revised format as... Read More
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Correct. Don't knw why airtel, vi ignoring up east circle. Fir baad me boltey h ki subscribers gain nhi ho…
Exactly same.. while Jio enables additional bandwidth within 2 or 3 months. Even 3CA working with additional benefit.
Not even close.. Airtel has 170 million 4G customers and 80 million 5G customers. Jio has 290 million 4G and…
I wanted to ask something 1) Airtel hv 5mhz + 5 mhz ( got in new auction) in band 8…
Airtel is aggressive in increasing its network coverage all over india.... This is an example expands coverage over 89000 villages....…
