The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai), in a bid to force local manufacturing of telecom gear has now recommended that India aim for ‘net zero imports’ of telecom equipment by 2022. The Indian regulator also proposed the creation of a Rs 1000 crore fund to promote design, testing and … Read More
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has now stated that 4G and 5G services will drive demand for spectrum in the next round of auctions, contesting the view that financially-stressed firms are likely to tread cautiously despite steep price cuts for several previously unsold bands. “Considering that 5G services … Read More
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai), earlier today released its recommendations on the price of 4G and 5G spectrum. Trai recommended a pan-India base price of Rs 492 crore per megahertz for 5G radio waves and lowered the base price of frequencies that remained unsold in the 2016 auctions. … Read More
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has now notified directions on quality of service (QoS) for Voice Calls for LTE users through Circuit Switched Fall Back (CSFB) option that is proposed to measure and report call set up delays. The regulations came after Trai had initiated public consultation on … Read More
Telecom operators may have to refuse operation on Apple iPhones if the Cupertino giant doesn’t install a DND app on its devices to counter the problem of pesky calls and to allow its users a method to report spam calls and messages. The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India has locked … Read More
Trai chairman RS Sharma has said that the industry has presented a need for data protection framework under which apps should be regulated. He furthered his statement by saying that Aadhaar is an exemplary service for this framework since there is a limit on how much data access is allowed … Read More
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) often referred as the watchdog of the industry has taken stringent action by fining the big telcos like Reliance Jio, Idea Cellular, Vodafone India and Bharti Airtel for not adhering to the norms of quality of service. The fine levied on these telecom … Read More
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) speed test report for the month of May 2018 has revealed that Reliance Jio is the leader in download speeds by averaging 19 Mbps in the said tests, while the Kumar Mangalam Birla-led telco Idea Cellular is ahead in terms of average upload speed … Read More
Reliance Jio has added a whopping 9.6 million subscribers during the month of April 2018, which takes the overall subscriber base of the telco to 196.2 million and is inching towards the 200 million subscriber base. During the same period, Idea Cellular has added 5.5 million new subscribers, followed by … Read More
All the major telecom operators in the country have crowded around Trai to request the watchdog from preventing unlicensed entities to develop public Wi-Fi hotspots in cities. The operators have cited that such a move on the regulator’s behalf will be illegal. Trai, in March last year had recommended the … Read More
The National Digital Communications Policy 2018, which was proposed in the first week of May is now expected to receive cabinet approval by the end of July. The telecom policy is expected to be in place by July 2018 said Telecom Minister Manoj Sinha. “By July-end I am hopeful that … Read More
The telecom industry is now expecting rules which will require the handset vendors in India to dismiss apps that do not grant the ability to customers to control what calls and messages they receive. To request reconsideration on the existing regulation regarding this, Indian handset vendors have asked the Telecom … Read More
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