The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has recommended 50% reduction in the entry fee of captive VSAT licence, i.e. from Rs. 30 lakh to Rs. 15 lakh, according to a statement. The regulator has also recommended that levy of the separate licence fee for the second hub for Captive VSAT should be done away with. It also said: "Present annual licence fee at Rs 10,000 per VSAT terminal as... Read More
Today, Bharti Airtel and Idea Cellular sought to double the interconnect usage charge (IUC), which is basically the cost of carrying an incoming call on the host network, to 30 paise per minute. At an ongoing workshop held by the telecom regulator on Tuesday, Bharti Airtel and Idea have apparently claimed that their cost of a call is 30 paise per minute. "Telcos are saying that this is their cost... Read More
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) will reportedly meet Indian telecom operators on July 21 to discuss minimum floor price for voice and data tariffs in the country. Notably, incumbent telcos during their meetings with the regulator and separately with the inter-ministerial group (IMG) had urged the telecom regulator to set a floor price for voice and data services. The demand, if accepted by the telecom regulator, would put... Read More
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has released the subscriber data for the month of May 2017. The total of telecom subscribers in India (both wired and wireless) increased from 1198.9 million at the end of April 2017 to 1204.98 million at the end of May 2017. Overall, the subscriber addition showed a monthly growth of 0.51% from April to May. Digging into the report, the urban subscription increased... Read More
Telecom Minister Manoj Sinha on Wednesday said that the government had begun work on framing the new telecom policy, which will be application is driven against the last policy, National Telecom Policy, 2012, which was connectivity driven. The policy is expected to be introduced by 2018, according to media reports. Telecom secretary Aruna Sundararajan said that extensive work on the telecom policy would be done over the next three to... Read More
In a bid to give India's public Wi-Fi domain a major push, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) is preparing for a pilot project, called Wi-Fi Access Network Interface (WANI). The regulator has invited all ecosystem players, including all companies, app providers and hardware or software providers that will set up public Wi-Fi hotspots. These Wi-Fi hotspots will be called Public Data Offices (PDOs) and will offer pay-as-you-go 'sachet-sized' Wi-Fi... Read More
Yesterday, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India released the speed test results of its MySpeed App for the month of May 2017. And guess what: for the fifth consecutive time, Reliance Jio came on top beating incumber operators such as Vodafone, Idea Cellular, and Bharti Airtel hands down. Every month, we publish this report of TRAI, but most of our readers outrage us saying that the results are inaccurate and some... Read More
Reliance Jio, the LTE-only network of India has emerged as the fastest network yet again for the month of May 2017. The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has released the speed test data conducted by over million users on the TRAI My Speed app, which says that Reliance Jio registered an average download speed of 18.809 Mbps in May 2017. Source: TRAI. Average Download Speed... Read More
The Department of Telecom (DoT) is reportedly looking to implement stricter rules to track a lost cell phone in the country. A report from PTI states that DoT is "working on rules to make tampering of IMEI number -- a unique 15-digit serial number of mobile devices -- a punishable offence with up to three years of imprisonment." With this move, the loss issues of cell phones in the country... Read More
The Cabinet’s appointment committee has appointed Aruna Sundararajan as the department of telecom’s (DoT) secretary. Sundararajan, who till now was serving as the secretary of IT and electronics, was recently given the additional charge of telecom secretary after power secretary PK Pujari’s tenure got over. The post of the telecom secretary was lying vacant following the posting of former telecom secretary JS Deepak to the WTO as India representative. According... Read More
India's top telecom operators have reportedly questioned the telecom regulator (TRAI) for delaying consultation on mobile network test rules. These telcos had last year alleged that Reliance Jio had bypassed regulations by offering full-fledged services under the guise of test services, which helped it gain quick subscribers in the country. The issue related to network testing rule was first brought to the regulator's notice last year, which had then flagged... Read More
India's incumbent telecom operators have urged the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) to set a floor price for voice and data services. The request if accepted by the telecom regulator would put an end of free services for customers in India and would mean that telcos would need to get tariffs cleared by the regulator for various plans. The demand follows pressure on top telecom operators' revenue and profitability... Read More
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