The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) is set to introduce the new interconnect usage charges (IUC) rate, which will be under 10 paise per minute, as compared to the currently 14 paise per minute rate, according to a Times of India report. The move will lead to more cuts in voice calls across telecom operators in India. Notably, incumbent telcos like Bharti Airtel, Vodafone India and Idea Cellular have... Read More
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has come up with a consultation paper on "Privacy, Security and Ownership of the Data in the Telecom Sector" with an aim to identify the scope and definition of personal data, ownership and control of data of users of telecom services. "The availability of data has enhanced the business and efficiency potential of data analytics. However, it is equally important to assess whether... Read More
A survey conducted by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) revealed that telecom service providers failed to meet customer satisfaction benchmark across Delhi, Madhya Pradesh and Karnataka telecom circles. The report published by the regulator said a majority of customers were dissatisfied by efforts of telcos on curtailing call drops, and addressing other issues like network signal, data speed, customer care service, and overall telecom service. "It has been... Read More
The telecom department (DoT) may soon ask the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) to revisit its public Wi-Fi networks recommendation and provide alternative suggestions for the same. The regulator in its recommendations said that private entities or public data offices (PDO) through registration could offer public Wi-Fi services. However, the DoT is of the view that there's no possibility of this given existing rules mandate such entities to take... Read More
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India is likely to soon meet 7-8 internet speed testing firms, including Ookla to study their methodology to measure upload and download speeds over the next one or two months. The regulator's move, which comes amid the raging debate over the efficacy of third party speed test results, will lead to a 'paper' that will be placed in the public domain in the coming months,... Read More
India's telecom sector, which is currently going through a bad phase due to falling profitability and rising debts, is expected to cross Rs. 6.6 trillion revenue mark by 2020 with data becoming the main growth drive. Telecom Minister Manoj Sinha said the Indian telecom industry had seen a paradigm shift from a voice centric market to a data-centric market. "While voice business still contributes a large chunk towards operator revenues,... Read More
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has suggested that a telecom operator can shut its services without surrendering its license. The notification comes amid intense consolidation drive which will result in some brands shutting shops. The regulator said that if a licensee decides to close down its wireless access services, which were being provided through the administratively assigned spectrum, it must surrender such spectrum immediately upon closure of wireless... Read More
Telecom Secretary Aruna Sundararajan on Friday said that the government would bring out the draft of the new telecom policy by December-end, various media outlets reported. The newly appointed Telecom Secretary said that the Department of Telecom is in the process of setting up working groups. These working groups will help in the creation of the new policy. The Indian government is reportedly planning to introduce the final telecom policy... Read More
TRAI recently held the meeting on Interconnect Usage Charges (IUC) with the telecom operators. IUC or interconnect usage charge is a fee that the caller’s operator needs to pay to the other operator if a mobile call terminates at the latter's network. For example, if you are an Idea customer and make a call to a Vodafone subscriber, and Idea has to pay 14 paise per minute of IUC to... Read More
India's telecom regulator has reportedly rejected top telcos like Idea Cellular's proposal for the establishment of a floor price for voice and data tariffs in the country. RS Sharma, the chairman of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai), said that the regulator decided that fixing a floor price was not a workable idea. "Prices, as they are under forbearance, should continue as they are," Sharma was quoted as saying... Read More
With the launch of new unlimited plans every day, the rate cutter and special tariff vouchers (STVs) have lost their significance. The unlimited plans seem to be the norm now for every operator. Every telecom operator is now focusing only on unlimited plans and planning to move to 4G. Such is the intensity of competition that incumbents have started tieing up with each other. Thanks to Reliance Jio, India is... Read More
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India's (Trai) chairman RS Sharma has revealed that the regulator will release the new mobile service quality norms covering call drops in a week. Speaking with PTI, RS Sharma said that "We are almost ready with revised standards for quality of service (for mobile phones). It will be issued within a week." At the same time, Sharma also indicated various things about the next spectrum auction. Next... Read More
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