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April 9th, 2015 7:48 PM 21 COMMENTS

TRAI mandates the telcos to reduce ceiling tariffs in roaming, new tariffs will benefit the customers

The roaming call charges will cost your pockets less from May 1st, as soon as the telecom operators comply with the latest regulation of TRAI. The regulator has ordered the service providers to cut the ceiling tariffs (maximum rates that telecoms can charge for incoming calls on national roaming) for national roaming calls and text messages, effective from May 1st. It has also asked the operators to come up with... Read More

April 8th, 2015 7:09 PM 20 COMMENTS

TRAI to set new recommendations to enhance internet speed from 512 Kbps to 2Mbps soon

The dream of Indians to get faster internet seems to be a step closer, with TRAI planning to frame recommendations to enhance broadband speed from minimum 512 kbps to up to 2 Mbps. The announcement came soon after TRAI made it mandatory for the wirelines to offer a minimum download speed of 512 Kbps as broadband. For wireline services, TRAI has planned to improve the optical fibre cable penetration in... Read More

April 7th, 2015 11:41 PM 4 COMMENTS

TRAI recommends single number based ‘Integrated emergency communication & response system (IECRS)’

TRAI has today given its recommendations for establishing '112' as a single number that can be dialled in case of any of emergency situation, similar to 911 being used in USA. These recommendations have been finalized after wider consultations with the stakeholders. The Authority had issued a Consultation Paper titled 'Universal Single Number based Integrated Emergency Communication & Response System' dated 15th March 2013 for seeking comments of stakeholders. Since State Governments are major stakeholders... Read More

April 7th, 2015 6:20 PM 1 COMMENTS

TRAI annual report 2013-14 : Broadcasting Sector, increased FDI limit and Interoperability soon to be reality

The broadcasting sector consists of Television and Radio Services. India has the world’s third largest TV market after China and USA. As per industry estimates, as on March 2014, of the 2701 million households, around 1691 million have Television sets which are being served by cable TV systems, DTH services, IPTV services and the terrestrial TV network of Doordarshan. The pay TV universe consists of around 991 million Cable TV... Read More

April 7th, 2015 11:10 AM 0 COMMENTS

TRAI annual report 2013-14 : Telecom Sector, TRAI rooting for financial inclusion of rural India

The Telecom Sector witnessed substantial growth in the number of subscribers during the year 2013-14. At the end of the financial year, the subscriber base was 933.00 million, out of which 904.51 million were wireless subscribers. During the year, wireless subscriber base recorded an increase of 36.71 million while the overall teledensity increased from 73.32 to 75.23. The year also saw an increase in rural teledensity from 41.02 to 43.96 while the... Read More

March 21st, 2015 1:09 PM 13 COMMENTS

Aircel, Vodafone and BSNL fail to meet QoS for call drops in few circles

3 telecom operators namely Aircel, Vodafone and PSU BSNL were reported as failing to meet quality of services benchmark set by DOT with regards to call drops as Economic times reported today. The performance on call drop is accessed through quality of service (QoS) parameters like call drop rate/circuit switch voice drop rate for which benchmark is less than or equal to 2 per cent. For worst affected cells having over 3... Read More

March 13th, 2015 4:42 PM 13 COMMENTS

Incumbents urge TRAI to reconsider proposal for lowering roaming ceiling tariffs

Telecom operators like Bharti Airtel, Vodafone India, Idea cellular and Aircel have reportedly sent an application to Telecom regulatory authority of India for reconsidering its proposal to reduce the ceiling tariffs for voice calls and SMS in roaming which are applicable in the absence of any roaming tariff voucher. Earlier we had reported how TRAI had proposed to reduce these tariffs . If the new guidelines are passed outgoing local... Read More

January 31st, 2015 6:13 PM 18 COMMENTS

Maximum billing complaints against Vodafone, Idea, Tata, Airtel & BSNL: TRAI report

As per the telecom regulator, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), telecom subscribers of Vodafone, Idea Cellular, Tata Teleservices Airtel and BSNL in some circles have reported maximum discrepancies in their phone bills. TRAI's guideline suggests that, not more than 0.1% of the total bills raised by a company in a service area should be disputed. However, 0.18% postpaid customers of Vodafone customers in Andhra Pradesh, 0.33% in Assam and... Read More

January 30th, 2015 4:02 PM 0 COMMENTS

TRAI calls for suggestions on amendment of wireline and cellular standards regulation

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has issued a draft "The Standards of Quality of Service of Basic Telephone Service (Wireline) and Cellular Mobile Telephone Service (Fourth Amendment) Regulations, 2014" for comments from the stakeholders. Through these amendments, the authority proposes to review the framework for financial disincentives for repeated failures to the meet Quality of Service (QoS) benchmarks. “Telecom regulator has issued the Standards of Quality of Service... Read More

January 25th, 2015 3:02 PM 13 COMMENTS

TRAI releases customer perception of cellular mobile services through online survey

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) regularly conducts customer satisfaction surveys for independent agencies to evaluate customer perception of services being provided by the telecom service providers. The regulator has also collected customers' views to evaluate the effectiveness in implementation of various regulations, directions and orders issued by TRAI in the interest of consumers. These surveys are carried out through face to face and telephonic interviews. A research study was conducted... Read More

December 31st, 2014 2:26 AM 0 COMMENTS

Telecom Regulatory Authority of India to issue a consultation paper on OTT players by early 2015

The telecom regulator, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) is set to issue a consultation paper on regulating the over-the-top players (OTT) by third week of January, 2015. The telecom regulator is of the view that currently there is no law or framework governing the concept of net neutrality in India and thus there is a need to address this issue. At present, the pricing on the internet is based on... Read More

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