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Rudradeep Biswas November 17th, 2016 2:14 PM 20 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio tariff plans didn’t violate any rules by offering voice services free of charge: Telecom Minister Manoj Sinha

Reliance Jio Infocomm, the Mukesh Ambani-led telecom operator, has received a clean chit from the Indian government for its “controversial” tariff plans that offer free unlimited voice calling service, following a similar respite from the regulator, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai). Trai had earlier opined that tariff plans filed by Jio cannot be considered as IUC non-complaint, predatory and discriminatory. According to ET, Telecom Minister Manoj Sinha in... Read More

Ria Lakshman November 1st, 2016 11:26 AM 0 COMMENTS

TRAI directs operators to ensure minimum 512Kbps speed for broadband subscribers, asks operators to SMS customers about usage limits: Report

In what it calls to be a relief to the broadband customers, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has directed the telecom service providers to inform the broadband subscribers about the usage limits, especially at the point when they cross the 50%, 90% and 100% of their usage quota. Also, TRAI has asked them to ensure that the download speed should be 512Kbps at all times even after the... Read More

Ria Lakshman October 29th, 2016 1:47 PM 5 COMMENTS

Telecom Minister to meet CEOs on November 1 to review call drop issue: Report

Bringing call drop issue back to the limelight, Telecom Minister Manoj Sinha has announced that he will meet the CEOs of the telecom companies on November 1. The meeting will check the progress of solutions implemented by the companies to address call drop, as well as carve out a road map for the future. This may include the plans to expand the necessary infrastructure. According to the Minister, there is... Read More

Imon October 12th, 2016 10:11 AM 1 COMMENTS

BSNL lost the most wireline subscribers in July 2016- TRAI

According to data released by TRAI about telecom subscriber base in India at the end of July 2016, Wireline subscriber base declined from 24.74 million at the end of June 16 to 24.62 million at the end of July 16. Net reduction in the wireline subscriber base was 0.13 million at the monthly decline rate of 0.51%. The share of urban and rural subscribers in total wireline subscribers were 83.74%... Read More

Imon October 11th, 2016 4:23 PM 36 COMMENTS

BSNL added maximum new wireless subscribers in July 2016- TRAI

The total mobile subscriber base in the country has declined marginally to 103.42 crore at the end of July this year from 103.51 crore in June, primarily due to operators like Reliance Communications and Tata Teleservices losing CDMA subscribers. According to latest subscription data shared by TRAI, overall telecom operators lost 0.88 million mobile subscribers during the month. State run BSNL added 1.1 million new users, followed by Bharti Airtel... Read More

Imon September 12th, 2016 10:40 AM 20 COMMENTS

BSNL lost the highest number of wireline subscribers in June 2016- TRAI

According to data released by TRAI about telecom subscriber base in India at the end of June 2016, Wireline subscriber base declined from 24.88 million at the end of May 16 to 24.74 million at the end of Jun 16. Net reduction in the wireline subscriber base was 0.13 million at the monthly decline rate of 0.52%. The share of urban and rural subscribers in total wireline subscribers were 83.51% and... Read More

Imon September 11th, 2016 11:10 AM 29 COMMENTS

Airtel was leading with maximum new subscriber additions in June 2016- TRAI

The total mobile subscriber base in the country has marginally grown to 1.035 billion, with Bharti Airtel leading the GSM subscriber addition for the month of June 2016. According to latest subscription data shared by TRAI, overall 1.36 million new mobile subscribers were added during the month. Top operator Bharti Airtel added 1.4 million new users, followed by BSNL (1.3 million) and Vodafone (0.70 million users) in the month. Idea Cellular... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas January 29th, 2016 3:54 PM 17 COMMENTS

Trai auction recommendations out, suggests Rs 11,485 crore per Mhz for 700 Mhz band

Indian telecom regulator, Trai, has come out with its recommendations of the upcoming spectrum auction, which is likely to take place around May-June this year. It has given its recommendations on spectrum price for seven bands, including 700 MHz, 800 MHz, and 2500 MHz. The regulator, for the very first time, has suggested auction of the super premium 700 MHz band, which is most suitable for 4G services. It has... Read More

Ria Lakshman December 23rd, 2015 3:43 PM 8 COMMENTS

RCom asked to suspend Free Basics service in India

Reliance Communications (RCom) has been asked by the telecom regulator Trai to suspend Facebook's Free Basics services on its network till it submits the terms and conditions of the services, including tariff plans, according to media reports. "Trai has today (Wednesday) again written to RCom to submit details of the plans, and asked it not to commercially offer the services till the regulator clears it, especially as there is a... Read More

Krishna Mukherjee December 10th, 2015 3:59 PM 8 COMMENTS

Are you in favour of zero-rating plans? December 30, last date for posting comments on TRAI site

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has issued a new paper which questions the differential data pricing for content services, bringing to the fore the Net Neutrality debate once again. Although, the paper seeks fresh comments on data pricing but does not mention the term net neutrality. TRAI’s consultation paper titled, “Consultation Paper on Differential Pricing for Data Services,” focuses on the zero-rating platforms which are being offered by... Read More

Ria Lakshman December 9th, 2015 3:07 PM 8 COMMENTS

GSM telcos urges Trai not to club sub-1GHz bands

GSM telecom service providers have asked Trai to retain the current band-wise spectrum caps. They have also urged Trai not to pursue its proposal to count all frequencies under 1 GHz as one frequency for calculating the 50% cap on spectrum holding in a band, according to media reports. COAI, the GSM lobby body, said that such a move will lead to spectrum concentration in a specific band with a... Read More

Ria Lakshman November 13th, 2015 8:13 PM 1 COMMENTS

Consultation paper by Trai on spectrum pricing by November-end: Report

Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai), the telecom regulator, may float a consultation paper by the end of this month to ascertain the reserve price of spectrum across different bands that the government is planning to auction next year, ET reported. In the upcoming spectrum auction, the government may look at selling airwaves in the 2G, 3G and 4G bands, apart from the bandwidth left unsold from the previous sale.... Read More