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January 12th, 2018 5:56 PM 12 COMMENTS

Trai Decides to Further Increase the Woes of Telecom Operators by Slashing International Usage Charges to 30 Paise From 53 Paise/Min

After slashing the domestic interconnect charges, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) today slashed the International interconnect charges from 53 paise per minute to 30 paise per minute, increasing the woes of Indian telecom operators. The new regulations shall come into force from February 1, 2018. Indian telcos are yet to comment on this massive announcement from the regulator. For the unaware, International Termination Charges (ITC) are the charges... Read More

January 12th, 2018 7:20 AM 29 COMMENTS

Idea Cellular and Vodafone India Added 3.1 Million and 2.7 Million Subscribers in November 2017: Trai

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) today released monthly subscriber data for the month of November 2017. As per the data, the number of telephone subscribers in India declined from 1,201.72 million at the end of October 2017 to 1,185.88 million at the end of November 2017, thereby showing a monthly decline rate of 1.32%. Out of the overall new subscriber additions, Reliance Jio topped the chart yet again... Read More

January 10th, 2018 5:42 PM 2 COMMENTS

Relaxation of Spectrum Caps by Telecom Commission Beneficial for the Industry; to Ease Consolidation

Ratings agency ICRA said that the move to relax the current spectrum holdings cap would ease the consolidation transactions which are in advanced stages and the merging telcos would not have to surrender any spectrum where earlier they could have breached the cap limits. The move will further allow telcos to offer better service with additional spectrum that they may get through this move, ICRA’s Sector Head and Vice President,... Read More

January 10th, 2018 8:06 AM 5 COMMENTS

Telecom Commission Approves Trai Suggestions to Relax Spectrum Holding Limits

The highest decision-making body in the communications ministry, the Telecom Commission (TC), on Tuesday approved the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India’s (Trai) suggestions to relax spectrum holding limits by removing the 50% cap on intra-band spectrum holdings of telecom operators post mergers and acquisitions. The move is now set to give a push to mergers and acquisitions activity in the country. Various analysts said that the move would directly benefit... Read More

January 3rd, 2018 9:19 PM 1 COMMENTS

National Telecom Policy: Trai Seeks Stakeholders’ Views via Consultation Paper

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) on Wednesday issued a consultation paper to seek from all stakeholders on the new telecom policy (NTP). The NTP is being formulated by the Department of Telecom (DoT) department. The Department of Telecommunications, through its letter dated August 21, 2017, requested the regulator to suggest its policy inputs for the formulation of National Telecom Policy- 2018. Based on preliminary discussions with various stakeholders... Read More

December 28th, 2017 9:19 PM 25 COMMENTS

Telecom Subscribers in India Consumed a Whopping 5,430,046 TB Wireless Data During Q3 2017: Trai

Telecom regulator Trai today released the 'Indian Telecom Services Performance Indicator Report,' for the quarter ended on September 30, 2017. In the report, Trai said that Indian telecom subscribers consumed 5,430,046 TB of wireless data between July 1, 2017, to September 30, 2017. Furthermore, it is also revealed that telephone subscriber base in India decreased by 0.34% when compared to the quarter ended on June 30, 2017. The number of... Read More

December 21st, 2017 10:49 AM 5 COMMENTS

Trai to Quickly Evolve a Mechanism for Telcos Closing Operations to Return the Unused Balance

Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) Chairman R S Sharma said the regulator is seriously looking to introduce a new mechanism for telcos who're shutting down the services or operations to return the unused balance of prepaid customers. In recent times, there are a lot of small players who closed their operations or merged with other telecom top telecom operators, and Trai has also asked the operators to disclose the... Read More

December 20th, 2017 9:47 PM 17 COMMENTS

As Much as 770MHz Spectrum is Still Available in the Premium 700MHz Band: Manoj Sinha

It has been more than a year since the last spectrum auction. Telecom regulator Trai was hoping to conduct a spectrum auction this year, but eventually, top telecom operators backed out and requested to not hold any auction at least in the next six months. Today, Manoj Sinha, the minister of communication said that the government has over 7400MHz spectrum available for telecom services. "The government has 7446MHz of spectrum... Read More

December 18th, 2017 6:50 PM 50 COMMENTS

Good News! Trai Might Reduce the Mobile Number Portability (MNP) Charges from Rs 19 to Rs 4 Very Soon

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) is on a roll at the moment. After reducing the Interconnect Call Charges earlier this year, the regulator today started a consultation process on bringing down the Mobile Number Portability (MNP) charges. In the consultation paper, Trai said that it's looking to bring down the MNP charges from Rs 19 to Rs 4. The MNP charge is something paid by the customer as... Read More

December 15th, 2017 1:47 PM 7 COMMENTS

Supreme Court Extends the Date of Mandatory Aadhaar Linking With Mobile Numbers Until March 31, 2018

As expected, the Supreme Court today extended the date for linking of Aadhaar with mobile numbers and other services till March 31, 2018. Recently, the Centre extended the date of linking Aadhaar with PAN card until March 31 and this news comes right after that. The deadlines for linking Aadhaar with PAN (Permanent Account Number), existing bank accounts, mobile numbers, and welfare schemes are extended till March 31, 2018. The... Read More

December 15th, 2017 11:59 AM 0 COMMENTS

Trai Asks Telecom Operators to Submit Call Drops Data Based On New Parameters

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has directed telecom operators to submit their network data based on the new call drop parameters. Under new rules, telcos may face a penalty of up to Rs 10 lakh for call drops. Trai's new rules measures call drops at a mobile tower level, instead of the previous telecom circle level measuring. Trai has recently issued a new format to telecom operators to... Read More

December 13th, 2017 7:27 PM 1 COMMENTS

Trai Set to Release Recommendations on In-Flight Connectivity by the End of December

Trai (Telecom Regulatory Authority of India) is all set to release the much-delayed and much-awaited recommendations for In-Flight Connectivity (IFC) by the end of December, as confirmed by Trai Chairman R.S. Sharma. Trai has been delaying the recommendations on in-flight connectivity (IFC) for a long time now. With the increase of broadband usage in recent times, Trai is looking to provide broadband connectivity to passengers on board. "Recommendations on in-flight... Read More

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