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November 5th, 2018 8:27 PM 2 COMMENTS

Trai Plans a Consumer Outreach Programme to Create User Awareness On the New Broadcasting Framework

Telecom regulator Trai is planning a consumer outreach programme, starting this month, to create user awareness on the nuances of its new tariff order and framework for the broadcasting sector, a senior official said to PTI. Trai's move comes just days after the Supreme Court dismissed a plea challenging the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India's (Trai's) March 2017 regulations and tariff order relating to fixation of charges for free and... Read More

October 27th, 2018 1:32 PM 4 COMMENTS

Trai Questions Mobile App Makers Seeking Permission to Access Data Which is Not Required

Telecom regulator Trai on Friday questioned mobile applications seeking permission to access data that are not required for their functioning and asked private firms to ensure that they do not misuse the data of customers. "There is an application which is actually a lighting application, a torch application. When you download the application, it asks for your contacts, camera and all of your peripherals. Why? For making your mobile phone... Read More

October 15th, 2018 12:32 PM 4 COMMENTS

Telcos Should Not Enrol New Subscribers Beyond 5% During Trial Phase: DoT

After confirming that telcos can conduct trial runs before rolling the services to the public, the DoT has now set a limit to subscriber enrolment during the trial phase which is 5% of the overall network capacity. Earlier, the DoT has confirmed that a telco can conduct testing period for a maximum of six months. "The number of test subscribers that can be enrolled by a licensee in the licensed... Read More

October 10th, 2018 8:48 PM 3 COMMENTS

Trai Seeks Data from Telcos to Analyse Call Set Up Time

One of the major issue faced by Indian telecom subscribers is the call set up time. Aiming to solve the issue, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) today revealed that it would ask telcos for the call set up time data from October 1 to bring a solution to the issue. For the unaware, call set up time is the duration taken to connect a call after a user... Read More

September 28th, 2018 11:01 AM 4 COMMENTS

Trai in Search of a Technical Solution for People Obstructing Mobile Tower Installation

Call Drops has become one of the major issues in recent times and the government is pushing telcos to solve call drops issue at the earliest. Telecom Minister, Manoj Sinha is in a view that call drops are occurring because of the people who obstruct mobile installation and the Trai is searching for a technical solution. Manoj Sinha, on Thursday, blamed people who obstruct installation of mobile towers due to... Read More

September 26th, 2018 9:38 AM 11 COMMENTS

Trai Makes Major Changes to MNP Procedure, Cuts Down the Porting Time Within Circle to Two Days

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has finally released the draft of Mobile Number Portability (MNP) recommendations. Earlier this year in April, the regulator released consultation paper for the change in MNP procedure, and now, it has drafted the recommendations. Trai has reduced the porting time within a circle to two days and also made some major changes to the entire process. Trai proposed the processing of mobile number portability... Read More

September 17th, 2018 5:13 PM 5 COMMENTS

Indian Telcos in Stifled Condition as Spectrums Get Priced Exorbitantly

Last month in August 2018, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India made recommendations for the pricing of new spectrum in the 700, 800, 900, 1800, 2100, 2300, 2500, 3300-3400 and 3400-3600 MHz bands. These pricing recommendations come at a crucial time when the industry is going through a phase change in terms of power and market shares. Not only that, among these bands, the Indian telecom regulator will also be auctioning... Read More

September 16th, 2018 4:16 PM 1 COMMENTS

Telecom Industry on the Verge of New Growth Wave: Trai

Contrary to what the analysts say about the newly merged Vodafone Idea Ltd, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has asserted that it is confident about the upcoming situation in the telecom sector that no more telecom operators will be facing heat due to excessive competition. The regulator has also said that the industry is on the verge of hitting a new growth wave. The analysts are of a... Read More

September 14th, 2018 3:43 PM 0 COMMENTS

OTT Apps Like WhatsApp, Viber and Skype to Remain Unregulated: Trai

A new report has surfaced which points towards the reduction of regulatory measures on OTT (Over the top) applications and platforms by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai). With the present data, the telecom operators seem to be satisfied with the growing data usage which these OTT applications are driving on their networks, as opposed to their previous stance. Data Consumption Rising Courtesy of OTT Apps Trai has said... Read More

September 12th, 2018 2:29 PM 2 COMMENTS

Trai Issues Notice to Bharti Airtel for Ignoring QoS Norms After Slapping Reliance Jio with Fine

After Reliance Jio, the former market leader, Bharti Airtel has confirmed that the industry regulator Trai has imposed fine on the telecom operator for slipping on the Quality of Service norms. Notably, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India has also fined Reliance Jio for 34 lakhs for violating the same standards. The Sunil Bharti Mittal led telco responded to a BSE query on media reports about Trai slapping fines on... Read More

September 6th, 2018 5:48 PM 21 COMMENTS

Trai Seeks to Change Norms of Mobile Number Portability to Bring Down Waiting Time to 2 Days

Back in April, the industry watchdog, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) had issued a consultation paper to review the norms about mobile number portability. This consultation sought inputs from the concerned authorities about fastening of the MNP process which currently takes up to 7 days in the country. While in the other parts of the world, the process is almost instantaneous. If passed, then these new norms will ensure... Read More

August 31st, 2018 6:47 PM 11 COMMENTS

Telcos Are Now Allowed to Conduct Network Testing for 180 Days Before Launching Mobile Services

The highest decision-making body in the telecom sector, the Telecom Commission has finally approved the norms for telcos allowing them to conduct network trials before commercially launching the mobile services to the public. However, the test phase for such trials should be just 180 days. The Commission also decided to ask the telecom regulator to prescribe a framework for testing of fixed-line services. "Now these decisions (Trai's recommendations) were accepted,... Read More

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