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Chakri K November 10th, 2020 9:27 PM 39 COMMENTS

Bharti Airtel Adds More Subscribers Than Jio in August 2020: Trai

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) today released "Telecom Subscription Data" for August 2020. As per the information available, Bharti Airtel has added more subscribers than Reliance Jio for the first time in more than four years. Mukesh Ambani-led Jio has been leading the subscriber addition chart ever since its inception. Trai says Airtel added 2.8 million new users in August 2020, whereas Jio managed to grab just 1.8... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur October 28th, 2020 9:03 AM 15 COMMENTS

Telecom Operators Request Trai Chief for Setting a Floor for Data Tariffs

The telecom operators have requested the regulator for fastening the process of setting up floor data tariffs and also look into its decision of not regulating communication apps such as Facebook and WhatsApp. In a meeting with the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) new chief, PD Vaghela, the telecom operators have urged him to avail the valuable E & V airwaves for the auction. For the unaware, these particular... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur October 26th, 2020 11:08 AM 0 COMMENTS

Trai Gives Telcos Extra 30 Days for Updating Tariff Communication Structure

Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has given telecom companies another 30 days for complying with its latest order of tariff communication structure. According to the order, the tariff structure needs to be updated in the websites’ of the operators’ in addition to apps and customer care centres as well. Retail outlets will also need to comply with the order. As per an ET Telecom report, basically, at every point... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur October 20th, 2020 12:27 PM 11 COMMENTS

DoT Request for 5G Airwaves to be Considered by DoS, Defence Ministry

A few days back, the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) had asked the Department of Space (DoS) and the defence ministry to vacate the airwaves in high and medium-range frequency for the smooth rollout of 5G services. Now, as per a report from ET Telecom, an elite panel of secretaries has requested the defence ministry and DoS to consider the request put forth by DoT for vacating the airwaves. Both DoS... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur October 16th, 2020 11:31 AM 24 COMMENTS

DoT Pushes for More 5G Spectrum, Asks DoS and Defence Ministry to Vacate Airwaves

The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has requested the Department of Space (DoS) and the defence ministry to vacate airwaves in the medium and high range spectrum bands for the 5G services rollout. The three parties met to discuss the spectrum issues under a committee led by the Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba. Initially, the 5G spectrum auction was slated to take place in 2020. However, the issues related to the spectrum... Read More

Bala Yogesh October 13th, 2020 2:03 PM 1 COMMENTS

Hathway Now Has Over 1 Million Users, BSNL Continues to Lose Subscribers

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) on Monday highlighted in its Telecom Subscription Data for July that Hathway Cable and Datacom has over one million subscribers as on July 31, 2020. According to the data released by Trai, the wired broadband subscriber base in India increased from 19.82 million as on June 30, 2020 to 20.13 million as on July 31, 2020. The Telecom Subscription Data highlights that the... Read More

Bala Yogesh October 13th, 2020 12:38 PM 146 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio Now Has Over 35% Market Share, Airtel Continues to Have More Active Users

Reliance Jio now has over 35% market share of the total wireless subscriber base in India as on July 31, 2020, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) data reveals. According to the Trai data released on Monday, the total wireless subscriber base increased from 1140.71 million at the end of June to 1144.18 million at the end of July. Trai highlighted that the increase in wireless subscriber base translated... Read More

Bala Yogesh October 12th, 2020 4:40 PM 126 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio Registers 19.3 Mbps Dowload Speed, Idea in Second Spot with 8.6 Mbps Speed

The telecom operators in India including Bharti Airtel, Vodafone, Reliance Jio and Idea have registered an improvement in their network speeds in September, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) data reveals. The data released by Trai on its MySpeed Portal on Saturday is said to be generated using the authority’s MySpeedApp designed to measure data speed experience, signal strength and “other network information.” According to the Trai data, Reliance... Read More

Bala Yogesh September 25th, 2020 3:42 PM 41 COMMENTS

Vodafone Idea Lost Over 4.8 Million Subscribers in June, More “Active” Users on Airtel

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) on Thursday highlighted in its Telecom Subscription Data for the period ending June 30, 2020 that the number of telephone subscribers decreased to 1160.52 million. According to the data released by Trai, Indian telecom operators registered a combined subscriber base of 1163.67 million at the end of May, 2020. The data reveals that the Indian telecom operators lost a combined subscriber base of... Read More

Bala Yogesh September 25th, 2020 12:45 PM 24 COMMENTS

JioFiber Now Has 1 Million Users, BSNL Continues to Lose Users

JioFiber, the Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH) arm of Reliance Jio now has over 1 million subscribers, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) highlighted in its report on Thursday. The authority released the Telecom Subscription Data as on June 30, 2020, with the data highlighting that the internet service providers (ISP) in India added over 440,000 users in June. According to the data released by Trai, India hit a wired broadband subscriber... Read More

Chakri K September 18th, 2020 11:07 PM 1 COMMENTS

Trai Issues New Rules for Publishing Tariff Plans by Telcos to Boost Transparency

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) today issued new directions on tariff advertisements and tariff publications for telcos. The new set of rules issued by Trai is in a bid to boost transparency in mobile offers published by telcos on their respective websites and other platforms. The regulator is aiming to help subscribers make informed decisions while choosing a tariff plan. For those who are unaware, a lot of... Read More

Bala Yogesh September 15th, 2020 11:50 AM 0 COMMENTS

Trai Recommendations on OTT Services Does Not Address Important Issues: COAI

The Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) on Monday said that the recommendations released by Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) on Regulatory Framework for Over-the-Top (OTT) services does not address important issues. SP Kochhar, director general of COAI said that the consultation paper released by Trai in 2018, had raised several “important issues” such as “lawful interception of OTT services.” However, Kochhar said that the recommendations released by Trai... Read More