The talks about the Interconnect Usage Charges (IUC) have been raging in the industry. Mainly, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has a lot of decisions to make on the matter. In the past, the issue has been surrounded by much controversy, and it still remains one of the most heated arguments in the telecom industry. Also, this is not the first time that talks of the IUC regime... Read More
In a telecom industry which is going through many waves and cycles, the consumers are finding it hard to stick with one telecom operator. A while ago, Reliance Jio had all the attention of the subscribers in the telecom industry. However, that has changed recently as the Mukesh Ambani led telecom operator introduced IUC based talk time on calls to other networks. After that, the subscribers are now in the... Read More
Last week, major news came out from the industry that the government is looking to provide relief to telecom operators by asking Trai to implement floor pricing. However, a new report from ET Telecom now says Trai did not receive any official update from the government and setting floor pricing in the industry will be an anti-consumer move. The officials from Trai also informed the publication that setting floor pricing... Read More
This year has been a bumpy ride for the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) and the consumers of the telecom industry. The telecom operators have also faced the waves of changing regulations on many fronts this year. But, with so many changes already underway, this wave of regulatory amendments does not seem to be stopping anytime soon. The next in line of the regulatory changes that Trai is working... Read More
There has been a long ongoing debate about the rules concerning Mobile Number Portability (MNP). In the telecom industry, portability remains one of the most demanded services by the subscribers. However, for an industry which is making progress at an unprecedented rate with the coming of 4G and 5G network, the MNP process is something which has remained obsolete for most of the subscribers. With mobile phones and connectivity existing... Read More
The last month in the DTH and broadcasting industry has again been very happening. We saw the rise of Tata Sky to the top ranks of DTH service providers by taking the place of Dish TV, and in another major news for the subscribers of DTH services, the big broadcasters announced price cuts on their channels. The new price cut, was announced by the broadcasters on their channels and the... Read More
After a lot of discussion and consultation, the telecom regulator, which also oversees the regulations in the DTH and the broadcasting industry has changed the audit regulations for the Distribution Platform Operators (DPOs). The new regulations by Trai on this matter tighten the audit regime by making changes to the interconnection regulations. As per the new regulations, the operator should schedule the annual audit such that there should be a... Read More
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has been making many changes in the DTH and the broadcasting industry ever since the introduction of the new Trai tariff regime. Since the regulatory changes which happened in the start of the year, the regulator has introduced many consultation papers to seek the views of stakeholders of the industry on various topics and probable regulations which it could introduce in the near... Read More
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) is the apex body and the regulator when it comes to the telecom industry and the broadcasting and DTH industry as well. The past year has been very happening for the regulator as we have seen many new inceptions and changes in the regulations that were previously in place. The changes that happened for both the telecom and the DTH industry were no... Read More
There is a full-blown battle underway in the telecom sector regarding the Interconnect Usage Charges. The feud between the telecom operators, which was between the companies until now has now extended to the subscribers as well since Reliance Jio has announced that for every outgoing call to other networks, it is going to charge its customers 6 paise per minute. This announcement has taken the telecom industry by storm and... Read More
A few weeks back, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) had floated a new consultation paper on the platform services which are being provided by the DTH operators. The DTH operators and the other industry stakeholders were asked to drop their comments on the issue over this consultation paper. On that front, the DTH operators have now reached out to the telecom regulator saying that there should be no... Read More
In the matter of the development of a third-party application for channel selection, the Distribution Platform Operators (DPOs) had said that there would be privacy and security issues if the operators were to share the information with the third party. However, now in a new move, Trai has got the DPOs to share their Application Programme Interface (API) with it. For now, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India has also... Read More
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