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Arpit Sharma June 1st, 2018 7:13 PM 0 COMMENTS

Trai to Avail All Postpaid and Prepaid Plans Related Information Online by Year End

Trai, in an attempt to promote transparency in the Indian telecom sector, has said that it would put tariff plans of all incumbent service providers on a unified digital platform across 22 licensed service areas (LSA) by year-end. It is the regulator’s view that coming under the eyes of the public will further propel the telcos towards more transparency. Trai Chairman, RS Sharma presented his insight on the plan “Putting... Read More

Chakri K June 1st, 2018 2:34 PM 2 COMMENTS

Trai Puts Up a Web Portal for Checking Network Coverage of Carriers

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has now come up with its own portal to display the network coverage of telecom operators in a particular region. This move comes after the unveiling of tariff plans portal and the network coverage portal is a much-delayed one from the sector regulator. The portal can be accessed at www.coveragemap.trai.gov.in currently is in beta stage as the regular is still in the phase... Read More

Arpit Sharma May 29th, 2018 7:01 PM 2 COMMENTS

Trai to Use Blockchain Technology to Get Hold of Unregistered Telemarketers

In a new update, it has surfaced that the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) is finally resorting to Blockchain technology to ‘curb the menace’ of pesky calls and SMS. The regulatory authority even issued an official statement saying "unsolicited commercial communication, or spam, is a major nuisance to telecom subscribers", and to stop this Trai established a "Do Not Disturb" (DND) registry under regulations made in 2010. As per... Read More

Arpit Sharma May 28th, 2018 1:31 PM 1 COMMENTS

Trai to Not Place Regulatory Measures for In-Flight Tariff in Indian Airspace

A new report has come up which informs that a top official said that Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) would not regulate the tariff which air passengers will pay for making calls and browsing the Internet in-air. Although, it won’t be the case for mobile phone operators, sector watchers and aviation experts, as they said that there was some dependency on the intermediaries and thus the revenue will be... Read More

Chakri K May 16th, 2018 10:08 AM 1 COMMENTS

Trai Seeks Pan-India Tariff Data from Telcos to Expand its Plan-Comparison Site

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) is now seeking details of tariff plans offered by telcos across the country to make the data available on its comparison portal that was launched last month. Trai, last month, unveiled a beta portal for comparison that initially allowed users to compare the tariff plans from telcos for Delhi region, which later on added with Gujarat circle plans as well. While the site... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas May 15th, 2018 2:43 PM 2 COMMENTS

Trai Considering to Review IUC Charges on Messages

The telecom regulator, Trai is planning a review of the charges that telcos pay each other for text messages, and possibly even consider discarding the charges, according to an ET report. The regulator will be issuing a consultation paper to seek stakeholder views on revising the interconnection usage charge (IUC) for SMS. This may include the possibility of scrapping the interconnection fees altogether, people aware of the matter told ET.... Read More

Chakri K May 14th, 2018 9:40 AM 1 COMMENTS

Telcos Ask Trai to Take a Pragmatic and Considerate View in Fining them for QoS Violations

Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) in a letter to Trai last week has asked the sector regulator not to levy penalty on telcos over minor issues. “We request that these nominal or marginal deviations from the prescribed benchmarks should be waived off and no financial disincentives should be imposed on the operators,” said COAI which represents the private operators- Bharti Airtel, Reliance Jio, Vodafone India and Idea Cellular. COAI... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas May 10th, 2018 12:44 PM 2 COMMENTS

DoT Seeks Clarification from Trai on Wi-Fi Calling Service

Though the central government gave the go-ahead to use of internet telephony in the country last week, consumers will have to wait much longer for the launch of Wi-Fi-based calling or Voice over WiFi (VoWiFi). The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) is now looking for clarification from the telecom regulator on the routing of international voice calls over the public internet. Top telecom operators Reliance Jio Infocomm, Idea Cellular and Bharti... Read More

Chakri K May 9th, 2018 12:47 PM 7 COMMENTS

Trai to Impose Penalty on Operators for Not Meeting QoS Norms in Q4 2017

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) is looking to impose the penalty on operators who did not meet the new Quality of Service (QoS) norms for the quarter that ended December 31, 2017. As per sources close to PTI, Trai is considering imposing a penalty on operators. "We will be imposing some penalty on those who have not met the stipulated standards," said a Trai official who did not... Read More

Chakri K April 27th, 2018 4:44 PM 17 COMMENTS

Trai Received 6.57 Million MNP Requests in February 2018

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) recently released the Monthly Telecom Subscription Data for the month of February 2018. In the report, Trai stated that it received a total of 6.57 million MNP (Mobile Number Portability) requests. At the end of February 2018, the cumulative MNP requests increased from 344.59 million at the end of January 2018 to 351.16 million, since the implementation of MNP. In MNP Zone-I (Northern... Read More

Chakri K April 23rd, 2018 8:38 AM 1 COMMENTS

Views on Data Privacy and Security by Month-End Says Trai

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) stated that it would finalise the recommendations on privacy, security and ownership of data in Indian telecom sector by the end of April. Trai Chairman R S Sharma has confirmed this news, further asserting that Trai is looking to give the issue its due importance. In recent times, the issues around data protection have come to limelight and privacy concerns are increased as... Read More

Chakri K April 14th, 2018 8:24 PM 1 COMMENTS

Trai Chairman RS Sharma Hints Towards Law Related to Data Portability

Idea Exchange programme of the Express Group witnessed the presence of Trai chairman RS Sharma where he spoke at length about the new developments which are going on in the telecom industry. A heated topic of discussion among the many was the idea of data portability. The term is not to be confused with the concept of mobile SIM portability which refers to the porting of same mobile number to... Read More