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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

April 12th, 2018 1:22 PM 6 COMMENTS

Trai Approached by COAI to Look into Inconsistencies in MySpeed App Results

The group of telecom operators represented by COAI approached Trai (Telecom Regulatory Authority of India) in an attempt to make the regulator look at the discrepancies in the MySpeed app which measures mobile data speeds. The groups of telcos want the regulator to take an in-depth look at the reports and findings and point out the inconsistencies in the applications which might possibly mislead the consumers into making a wrong... Read More

April 11th, 2018 10:51 AM 13 COMMENTS

Vodafone India and Idea Cellular Missed Trai’s Call Drop Metrics by a Small Margin: COAI

Telecom Industry body COAI said Bharti Airtel and Jio were fully compliant with the Trai's quality of service norms, though Vodafone India and Idea Cellular were marginally not meeting the standards. The body added the non-compliance of call drop parameters laid down by Telecom Regulatory Authority of India in October, was limited to specific local areas and should not be misrepresented as a widespread phenomenon. “These local area problems are... Read More

April 6th, 2018 8:15 PM 1 COMMENTS

Trai Issues Consultation Paper on Simplifying the MNP Process

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has today issued a paper on 'Review of the Mobile Number Portability (MNP) process' for the consultation of stakeholders. In the consultation paper, Trai said that Mobile Number Portability Service Providers (MNPSPs) are monitored periodically to study the pattern of rejection of porting requests by the Donor Operator (DO). The analysis of reports had suggested that the rejections on the grounds of 'Unique... Read More

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