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Chakri K 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

Rudradeep Biswas 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

Chakri K 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

Rudradeep Biswas April 6th, 2018 7:09 PM 8 COMMENTS

Trai Seeks Legal Action Against Apple to Fasten DND App Development for iOS

The struggle between the telecom regulator Trai in India and the USA based tech giant Apple has been growing because of the delay being caused by Apple in assisting the telecom regulator in its development of the anti-spam application. This delay has apparently irked the regulator, and the entity is now planning to take a legal course to fasten up things. As per the report by ET, RS Sharma, the... Read More

Chakri K April 5th, 2018 8:54 PM 1 COMMENTS

Trai Submits Plan Outlining Open Architecture Based Wi-Fi to Government

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) is seeking a chance to develop public Wi-Fi hotspots by slashing prices in this new turn of events. Trai on Thursday presented a report to the government which outlined details about open-architecture based Wi-Fi services which would function on interoperability at very low prices. This new move if gone right, is expected to cut the prices of data significantly. The report which was... Read More

Chakri K April 5th, 2018 10:11 AM 0 COMMENTS

Average Per GB Data Price Decreased by 90% to Rs 19: Manoj Sinha

Between June 2016 and December 2017, average data rate has plunged by 90% to Rs 19 per GB while the average phone call tariff dropped by more than 60% to 19 paise per minute, as per Telecom Minister Manoj Sinha. "The tariff for mobile telephony services is under forbearance except for national roaming and rural fixed line services ... The average outgo for voice and data services in India have... Read More

Chakri K March 30th, 2018 12:21 PM 14 COMMENTS

Trai Might Make Companies like WhatsApp, Netflix to Share Revenue with Telcos

There is a new case brewing in the telecom industry as regulators debate on whether or not a consultation paper should be issued which would regulate the working of apps like WhatsApp and others since they essentially provide the same calling and messaging services, only difference being they do so using data channels. Over-The-Top (OTT) players is the word which has been used to define these companies, which provide the... Read More

Chakri K March 24th, 2018 12:56 PM 95 COMMENTS

Bharti Airtel Averages 8.1 Mbps in Trai’s 4G Drive Tests Conducted Across Mysore and Nagpur

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) now released its report on Independent Drive Tests conducted in four cities- Indore, Bhubaneswar, Nagpur and Mysore. Trai conducted these tests between October 9, 2017, to December 30, 2017. And guess what, Bharti Airtel has achieved an average 4G download speed of 8.125 Mbps during the independent tests. On the other hand, Reliance Jio, the LTE-only network averaged 5.35 Mbps only. Idea Cellular... Read More

Chakri K March 21st, 2018 11:21 AM 3 COMMENTS

Incumbent Telcos Move to Tribunal Opposing Trai’s Decision on Predatory Pricing That Favours Reliance Jio

In the latest turn of events, the three big telecom players have been caught in a fix involving the tribunal as Idea Cellular and Bharti Airtel filed a case for the alleged favouring of Jio in pricing matters by the authoritative body Trai. The lawyer who was aware of the ongoing and represented one of the telcos informed the public that the next hearing would take place on April 17... Read More

Chakri K March 20th, 2018 3:54 PM 57 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio Loses to Airtel and Vodafone in Trai’s Independent 4G Drive Tests

Bharti Airtel and Vodafone India beat the market leader Reliance Jio and challenger Idea Cellular in on-the-ground 4G speed tests conducted by Trai in ten cities in India last year. Airtel scored an average download speed of 9.64 Mbps, which was over 40% faster than Jio’s 4G download speed of 6.57 Mbps. Idea Cellular scored an average download speed of 7.41 Mbps. Vodafone’s 4G network was also part of the... Read More

Chakri K March 18th, 2018 6:21 PM 26 COMMENTS

Trai Putting Plans in Place to Improve Mobile Number Portability Services

Anyone who has ever tried to go through the mobile number portability process knows what hassle a person has to put up with to get their numbers transitioned to another operator. Trai finally is looking into a solution to relieve the customers of their woes related to the portability issue. A consultation paper is under speculation which will be released by the Trai. The paper is said to look into... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas March 14th, 2018 4:00 PM 10 COMMENTS

Trai Issues Show-Cause Notices for Call Drops to Telecom Operators

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has served show-cause notices to some telecom operators over their inability to meet the new quality of service norms on call drops, reports ET. The carriers have been asked to respond by March 21 to present their side of arguments. The regulator will follow due process before imposing penalties, which can well increase in quantum if the same carriers continued to violate quality... Read More