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February 27th, 2018 11:13 AM 4 COMMENTS

Trai Releases Consultation Paper on Fixing Quality of Service Norms for VoLTE Networks

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) today released a consultation paper on 'Voice Services to LTE users (including VoLTE and CS Fallback).' In the paper, Trai discussed the growth of LTE networks and various migration paths followed by different Indian telecom service providers for providing voice services via LTE. The paper also highlights various options for providing voice services on an LTE network like VoLTE, Circuit Switch Fall Back... Read More

February 16th, 2018 4:41 PM 26 COMMENTS

BSNL Shows Positive Growth in December 2017 Subscriber Numbers, Added Over 4 Lakh New Subscribers and Retained 100 Mn Base

Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) today released its Subscription Data for December 2017 and the top five telecom operators in the country showed positive growth. State-run telco, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) added 421,836 new subscribers in the month and retained its 100 million subscriber base too. However, MTNL lost 6561 subscribers in the month. Leading telecom operator, Bharti Airtel added just 576,575 subscribers during the month, which is... Read More

February 8th, 2018 3:40 PM 1 COMMENTS

Trai to Conduct Independent Drive Test in Delhi Service Area Starting Mid-February

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) today stated that it would start Independent Drive Test (IDT) in Delhi service area, including Ghaziabad, Noida, Gurugram and Faridabad cities beginning mid-February. Trai is expected to complete the test by mid-March. It is also said that the IDT will be conducted for about 18 days covering networks of all telecom service providers (TSPs) in Delhi service area. During the test, Trai will... Read More

February 3rd, 2018 2:23 PM 0 COMMENTS

Telecom Sector Can Attract $100 Billion Investment, Generate 20 Lakh Jobs by 2022: Trai on NTP

Indian telecom sector may well attract investments of $100 billion by 2022 under the New Telecom Policy (NTP), as the regulator suggested a simplification of licensing and regulatory frameworks and rationalisation of high taxes and levies by 2019. The Trai said that the sector might attract $60 billion in the next two years itself. Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai), in its recommendations to the telecom department, has suggested a... Read More

February 2nd, 2018 3:42 PM 8 COMMENTS

Indian Telecom Sector to Create 4 Lakh New Jobs Over Next Five Years: Manoj Sinha

Telecom minister Manoj Sinha said that the telecom sector is likely to create 4 lakh new jobs over a period of 5 years and contribute significantly to the country's GDP. Sinha's comments come at a time when the industry is going through severe competition and an active consolidation phase, leading to lesser number of players in the market. According to a report by CIEL HR Services, the telecom sector has... Read More

January 31st, 2018 7:50 PM 41 COMMENTS

Relief for Mobile Users as Trai Cuts MNP Fee to Just Rs 4; Telcos Welcome Move

India's telecom regulator, Trai, on Wednesday reduced the fee for Mobile Number Portability (MNP) facility to a maximum to Rs 4 from present Rs 19, which means mobile phone users would now need to pay much lower for the facility. Trai’s decision comes on the back of consultation paper issued on December 18, 2017, and several stakeholder views. Telcos had then said that the charge should be lowered to Rs... Read More

January 23rd, 2018 4:24 PM 2 COMMENTS

Trai to Publish Call Drop Report of Telcos by the End of This Month

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) today had a meeting with telecom operators. Trai has confirmed that it will be publishing the call drop report of telcos under new norms by the end of this month. “We will publish their performance report by the end of this month,” Trai chairman R.S. Sharma told reporters at PTI after the meeting. It is also said that the call drop reports might... Read More

January 22nd, 2018 9:16 AM 11 COMMENTS

Industry is Not Ready for Spectrum Auction this Year Says DoT

The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has kept an open mind on the next spectrum auction and said it would wait for telecom regulator Trai's report before concluding its views. The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) had an extensive dialogue last week on spectrum auction with telecom operators, and most of them opposed the decision to conduct auctions this year. The reason behind telcos backing out is because of the... Read More

January 19th, 2018 6:17 PM 3 COMMENTS

Trai Gives Green Signal to In-Flight Mobile and Internet Connectivity in India

The Telecom Regulator Authority of India (Trai) today announced that both internet and mobile connectivity services should be allowed under the In-Flight Connectivity (IFC) in Indian airspace. Trai stated that "Both, Internet and Mobile Communication on Aircraft (MCA) service should be permitted as In-Flight Connectivity (IFC) in the Indian airspace." There has been a delay in rolling out IFC in India, but finally, Trai has now approved the connectivity services... Read More

January 12th, 2018 5:56 PM 12 COMMENTS

Trai Decides to Further Increase the Woes of Telecom Operators by Slashing International Usage Charges to 30 Paise From 53 Paise/Min

After slashing the domestic interconnect charges, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) today slashed the International interconnect charges from 53 paise per minute to 30 paise per minute, increasing the woes of Indian telecom operators. The new regulations shall come into force from February 1, 2018. Indian telcos are yet to comment on this massive announcement from the regulator. For the unaware, International Termination Charges (ITC) are the charges... Read More

January 12th, 2018 7:20 AM 29 COMMENTS

Idea Cellular and Vodafone India Added 3.1 Million and 2.7 Million Subscribers in November 2017: Trai

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) today released monthly subscriber data for the month of November 2017. As per the data, the number of telephone subscribers in India declined from 1,201.72 million at the end of October 2017 to 1,185.88 million at the end of November 2017, thereby showing a monthly decline rate of 1.32%. Out of the overall new subscriber additions, Reliance Jio topped the chart yet again... Read More

January 10th, 2018 5:42 PM 2 COMMENTS

Relaxation of Spectrum Caps by Telecom Commission Beneficial for the Industry; to Ease Consolidation

Ratings agency ICRA said that the move to relax the current spectrum holdings cap would ease the consolidation transactions which are in advanced stages and the merging telcos would not have to surrender any spectrum where earlier they could have breached the cap limits. The move will further allow telcos to offer better service with additional spectrum that they may get through this move, ICRA’s Sector Head and Vice President,... Read More

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