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Tanay Singh Thakur May 30th, 2020 7:00 AM 9 COMMENTS

Trai Might Invalidate Your 10 Digit Mobile Number in Future

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has come out with five recommendations. The telecom body is pushing to create a ‘Unified Numbering Plan’ so that adequate numbering resources can be maintained for the fixed line (landline) and mobile services in the country. This will change the method of existing phone numbers to be dialled in with a ‘0’ in the front from a fixed-line. Recommendations from Trai are inspired... Read More

Shrijan Soni May 27th, 2020 5:39 PM 1 COMMENTS

Trai Reviews International Roaming Regulations to Prevent Subscribers From Bill Shocks

Trai has issued a consultation paper to review all the terms related to international roaming. The move by the regulatory body will prevent the subscribers from bill shocks on using their mobile phones in abroad countries. As stated by Trai, the consultation service will help the regulatory body to find out all the reasons of bill shocks to consumers which happens when they opt for International Mobile Roaming (IMR). Also,... Read More

Bala Yogesh May 26th, 2020 5:19 PM 6 COMMENTS

Airtel, Reliance Jio and Vodafone Idea to Delay Tariff Hikes

ICICI Securities on Sunday said that the telecom operators will not hike the telecom tariffs ahead of the floor price recommendations from the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI). The firm said that TRAI might view tariff hikes as the industry’s ability to act without policy intervention, a move that ICICI Securities believes would work against telecom operators on floor price recommendation. The telecom operators in India including Bharti Airtel,... Read More

Shrijan Soni May 26th, 2020 1:58 PM 3 COMMENTS

Floor Prices Will Be Fixed After Normalcy Gets Restored in Telecom Sector: Trai Chairman

The Trai or Telecom Regulatory Authority of India has once again declined the request of telecom operators to set fixed floor pricing in India. Telecom operators like Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Idea, Reliance Jio has been facing financial distress due to the AGR crisis and lockdown period, which was announced by the government to fight Coronavirus. As reported by ET Telecom, Trai Chairman Ram Sewak Sharma stated that floor prices would... Read More

Bala Yogesh May 26th, 2020 12:14 PM 1 COMMENTS

Airtel, Vodafone Idea and Reliance Jio Witness Huge Drop in Speeds in April: Trai

Telecom operators Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Idea and Reliance Jio have all registered a dip in download speeds in April as compared to the previous months, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) data reveals. According to the data released by Trai, Reliance Jio topped the charts in April with an average download speed of 13.3 Mbps followed by Vodafone with an average download speed of 5.6 Mbps. Bharti Airtel registered an... Read More

Shrijan Soni May 25th, 2020 6:43 PM 0 COMMENTS

Trai Must Fix Floor Price Soon to Revive Telecom Sector: COAI

Telecom operators have urged Trai to fasten up the process of fixing floor price as it will revive the telecom sector from financial burden and attract investments in future. Telecom operators are already under huge burden due to the AGR crisis and lockdown period. Due to multiple reasons, the ARPU of the telecom operators has taken a hit. As reported by ET Telecom, Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) has... Read More

Shrijan Soni May 19th, 2020 11:03 AM 3 COMMENTS

Telcos Urge Government for Free 5G Bandwidth to Increase Wireline Connectivity

Telecom operators have urged the government to give 5G bandwidth for free to cater to the growing demand of network and data services amid the lockdown period. Bharti Infratel Chairman Akhil Gupta addressed the topic in a digital round table organised by ET Telecom and Taipa and said that government should provide the necessary and requisite bandwidth under 5G in the 3,500 MHz for free of cost to four service... Read More

Shrijan Soni May 18th, 2020 9:54 AM 1 COMMENTS

AGR Must Be Properly Defined to Avoid Confusion in Telecom Sector: Trai Chairman

AGR dues have been troubling all the telecom operators in India. Since the supreme court directed the telcos to pay AGR dues assessed by DoT, all the telecom operators have been facing massive financial burden. Trai chairman RS Sharma stated that after the verdict of the supreme court on AGR issues, DoT must create an environment which would attract investments in future. Sharma also said that AGR must be clearly... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur May 13th, 2020 7:17 AM 0 COMMENTS

Trai NTO 2.0: Consumers Might Miss Out on Popular Channels With Bouquets

The batter between Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) and broadcasters is still going. Due to the spread of COVID-19, there has been no outcome of the ongoing battle. Let’s take a more in-depth look at what the conflict is about and how long will it go on. Earlier this year, Trai came out with its New Tariff Order (NTO) 2.0 and asked the broadcasters to comply with the changes.... Read More

Bala Yogesh May 11th, 2020 7:38 PM 1 COMMENTS

Trai Asks Citizens to Exercise Caution while Joining Online Conference Through Audio Calls to Avoid Bill Shocks

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) on Monday in an advisory asked the citizens to exercise caution while joining online conferences through audio calls. In its advisory, Trai said that “few consumers” have disclosed to the authority that they received “bill shocks” while joining online conference platforms “inadvertently dialing international” numbers. Trai highlighted that several citizens have switched to online conferencing platforms due to extended COVID-19 lockdowns and it... Read More

Shrijan Soni May 9th, 2020 5:17 PM 5 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio Adds 6.5 Million New Subscribers in January 2020: Trai

Reliance Jio is aggressively expanding its subscriber base in India. The telco giant has added 6.5 million subscribers in January 2020. Even though Reliance Jio increased the tariff back in December 2019, subscribers accepted the increase rates and opted for the services of Reliance Jio. Talking about Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea, Airtel added 0.85 million users, whereas Vodafone Idea lost 3.62 million customers. As per the latest telco subscriber... Read More

Shrijan Soni May 7th, 2020 9:56 AM 1 COMMENTS

Telcos Ask Trai to Retain 50 Paise per Spam SMS Rule

Telecom operators Bharti Airtel, Reliance Jio, Vodafone Idea and Tata Communications have urged Trai to continue the 50 Paise Per Spam SMS rule to eliminate spam messages from telemarketers who are not registered. Trai rolled out the regime back in 2012 and mandated that Rs 50 Paise per SMS will be charged after 100 SMS per day and per SIM. Telecom operators addressed their views in a virtual open house... Read More