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Srikapardhi August 3rd, 2017 9:03 PM 0 COMMENTS

India’s Telecom Sector Expected to Cross Rs 6.6 Trillion Revenue: Manoj Sinha

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

Srikapardhi August 2nd, 2017 9:21 AM 0 COMMENTS

Indian Telco Can Shut Services Without Surrendering License: Trai

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

Srikapardhi July 29th, 2017 7:34 AM 2 COMMENTS

Telecom Secretary Aruna Sundararajan Says National Telecom Policy Draft by December

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

Sharique R July 22nd, 2017 5:10 PM 26 COMMENTS

How TRAI’s Recent Judgement on IUC And BAK Can Prove To Be A Game Changer for Subscribers and Telecom Operators?

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

Rudradeep Biswas July 21st, 2017 6:05 PM 34 COMMENTS

Trai Rejects Top Telcos’ Floor Price Demand for Voice and Data Services

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

Sharique R July 20th, 2017 7:17 AM 0 COMMENTS

Can We Expect Unlimited Daily Data Packs With 1GB Data per Day, Unlimited Calling, and 100 SMS in the Near Future?

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

Chakri K July 19th, 2017 12:46 PM 6 COMMENTS

Next Spectrum Auction Likely to Happen in August: What You Need to Know

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

Srikapardhi July 19th, 2017 10:58 AM 2 COMMENTS

Trai Recommends 50% Cut in Entry Fee of Captive VSAT Licence

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

Shruti R July 18th, 2017 7:15 PM 36 COMMENTS

Bharti Airtel and Idea Cellular Lobby For Raising IUC to Recover Cost at Trai Meeting: Report

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

Chakri K July 16th, 2017 8:00 PM 38 COMMENTS

Trai to Meet All Telcos to Discuss Tariff Floor Price on July 21

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

Chakri K July 14th, 2017 12:03 PM 14 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio Added 4.7 Million New Customers in May 2017; Total Telecom Subscriber Base in India Reaches 1.2 Billion

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

Srikapardhi July 12th, 2017 9:36 PM 0 COMMENTS

New Telecom Policy to Be App-Driven, Govt to Seek Views From Apple and Google: Manoj Sinha

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