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Chakri K 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

Chakri K 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

Rudradeep Biswas 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

Chakri K 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

Rudradeep Biswas 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

Rudradeep Biswas 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

Rudradeep Biswas 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

Rudradeep Biswas 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

Chakri K January 10th, 2018 8:06 AM 5 COMMENTS

Telecom Commission Approves Trai Suggestions to Relax Spectrum Holding Limits

The highest decision-making body in the communications ministry, the Telecom Commission (TC), on Tuesday approved the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India’s (Trai) suggestions to relax spectrum holding limits by removing the 50% cap on intra-band spectrum holdings of telecom operators post mergers and acquisitions. The move is now set to give a push to mergers and acquisitions activity in the country. Various analysts said that the move would directly benefit... Read More

Chakri K January 3rd, 2018 9:19 PM 1 COMMENTS

National Telecom Policy: Trai Seeks Stakeholders’ Views via Consultation Paper

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) on Wednesday issued a consultation paper to seek from all stakeholders on the new telecom policy (NTP). The NTP is being formulated by the Department of Telecom (DoT) department. The Department of Telecommunications, through its letter dated August 21, 2017, requested the regulator to suggest its policy inputs for the formulation of National Telecom Policy- 2018. Based on preliminary discussions with various stakeholders... Read More

Chakri K December 28th, 2017 9:19 PM 25 COMMENTS

Telecom Subscribers in India Consumed a Whopping 5,430,046 TB Wireless Data During Q3 2017: Trai

Telecom regulator Trai today released the 'Indian Telecom Services Performance Indicator Report,' for the quarter ended on September 30, 2017. In the report, Trai said that Indian telecom subscribers consumed 5,430,046 TB of wireless data between July 1, 2017, to September 30, 2017. Furthermore, it is also revealed that telephone subscriber base in India decreased by 0.34% when compared to the quarter ended on June 30, 2017. The number of... Read More

Chakri K December 21st, 2017 10:49 AM 5 COMMENTS

Trai to Quickly Evolve a Mechanism for Telcos Closing Operations to Return the Unused Balance

Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) Chairman R S Sharma said the regulator is seriously looking to introduce a new mechanism for telcos who're shutting down the services or operations to return the unused balance of prepaid customers. In recent times, there are a lot of small players who closed their operations or merged with other telecom top telecom operators, and Trai has also asked the operators to disclose the... Read More