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Arpit Sharma August 28th, 2019 5:56 PM 0 COMMENTS

Trai Issues New Consultation Paper on Platform Services by DTH Service Providers

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has been in an ideation mode ever since the new tariff regime went into effect. After the implementation of the new regulatory framework, the Authority has been floating new consultation paper and recommendations for fine-tuning these rules. Now, in a new move, Trai has floated yet another consultation paper, and it has to do with Platform Services offered by DTH Operators. In its... Read More

Arpit Sharma August 27th, 2019 2:08 PM 1 COMMENTS

Trai Says It Will Only Tweak Regulations to Empower Consumer Choice and Not Change the Tariff Regime

There have been concerns building up in the broadcasting industry about the new consultation paper that Trai has floated. The new consultation paper from the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) is aimed at resolving the issues that currently remain in the new tariff regime. However, according to a new ET Telecom report based on an interview with Trai chairman, RS Sharma, the official has clarified a lot of misconceptions... Read More

Arpit Sharma August 26th, 2019 3:15 PM 5 COMMENTS

Trai Consultation Paper on Tariff Regime Correction Could Hurt Small Niche Channels and Broadcasters

It has not been a lot of time since the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) implemented the new tariff regime in the country and now the regulator is already looking towards amending the new regulatory framework. After it faced a backlash from the consumers and some sections of the industry like the MSOs, Trai decided to bring some changes to the new rule. For this, Trai has floated a... Read More

Arpit Sharma August 24th, 2019 6:49 PM 0 COMMENTS

Trai Consultation Paper for Correcting Tariff Regime Could Backfire, Says IBF

There has been a lot of headlines pertaining to the new consultation paper that Trai has floated regarding the correction of the new national tariff order, which the regulator had introduced last year. The consultation paper seeks to invite comments from the industry stakeholders to discuss the issues plaguing the broadcasting and DTH industry. However, as per a new ET report, the Indian Broadcasting Foundation (IBF) that represents television broadcasters... Read More

Arpit Sharma August 23rd, 2019 5:53 AM 1 COMMENTS

Trai Tariff Regime With Amendments Might Make DTH Connections More Affordable

The new regulatory regime brought into effect the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has been anything but smooth. The DTH service providers, the broadcasters, MSOs and the consumers alike have been roped into the new tariff regime as the result of its implementation. As part of the new rules, Trai switched up things like the pricing on the broadcasters’ end, introduced something called as the network capacity fees (NCF),... Read More

Arpit Sharma August 13th, 2019 6:58 PM 16 COMMENTS

Trai Might Reduce NCF Charges and Change Multi TV Policy as Part of Improvements to Tariff Regime

Trai's new tariff regime in the broadcasting sector wasn't well-received by the consumers as they faced an increase in TV bills. If the increase in TV bills was an aspect for the consumers to go against the new tariff mandate, the consumer migration from DTH and Cable TV operators was filled with a lot of pain. In fact, some Cable TV operators did not even provide proper channel packs for... Read More

Arpit Sharma August 10th, 2019 11:24 AM 4 COMMENTS

Trai Regime Will Show Positive Effects in the Industry Soon: RS Sharma

The new tariff regime implemented by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has garnered mixed views from the public. While the subscribers and the local cable operators (LCOs) have been against this implementation, the DTH operators and the MSOs have benefitted from these regulations. With Trai’s intervention, the industry has finally been able to establish a new pricing structure for channels through which the subscribers can choose the channels... Read More

Arpit Sharma August 9th, 2019 8:08 PM 5 COMMENTS

Trai Suggests Development of New App for DTH Channel Selection

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) introduced the national tariff order to bring about a much-needed change in the broadcasting and DTH industry of India. This tariff order by the sector regulator brought transparency and significant pricing changes in the sector. It also emphasised rules on quality of service (QoS) and consumer protection regulations as well. To recall, the tariff mandate was first introduced back in 2017, but it... Read More

Arpit Sharma August 8th, 2019 7:19 PM 7 COMMENTS

Trai Tariff Regime Acted as Backbone for Subscriber Base Growth and ARPU to DTH Operators

While there were a lot of sceptics surrounding the implementation of the new Trai tariff regime which went to effect on March 31, 2019, there was also a little talk about positive long term effects of this implementation. Now that the DTH and broadcasting industry is nearing full integration with the Trai regulatory framework, we are slowly getting to see the positive ripples of the new Trai tariff regime. The... Read More

Sneha Bhardwaj August 7th, 2019 12:26 PM 0 COMMENTS

Trai Asks Telcos to Submit Monthly Reports Over Complaints Regarding Pesky Calls

Trai on Tuesday asked telecom firms to submit a status report over complaints regarding pesky calls, on a monthly basis starting September, setting in motion a monitoring system for the new framework that aims to check unwarranted telemarketing calls and messages. "...the Authority...hereby directs all access service providers to submit... compliance reports, with effect from month ending September 2019, on a monthly basis, and within ten days from the end... Read More

Arpit Sharma August 3rd, 2019 3:56 PM 0 COMMENTS

Long Term Channel Packs Under the New Trai Mandate Might Go Away: Check Why

In the DTH and broadcasting industry, there has been a long controversy going on related to the long-term channel packs which the DTH operators used to provide to their subscribers before the implementation of the new Trai tariff regime. However, the coming of the new regulatory framework has brought a clash of interest between the consumers, DTH operators and Trai. In this development, there has been a lot of back... Read More

Arpit Sharma July 29th, 2019 8:10 PM 6 COMMENTS

Trai Seeks to Bring Corrections to New Tariff Regime and These are the Areas of Focus

Trai or Telecom Regulatory Authority of India has been under pressure over the last few months because of the new broadcasting regime it introduced earlier this year. Once the new mandate became fully effective from April 1, 2019, several DTH and Cable TV users complained of increased monthly TV bills. After three months into the mandate, Trai has finally admitted that it will try to make modifications to the tariff regime and try... Read More