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December 20th, 2017 9:47 PM 17 COMMENTS

As Much as 770MHz Spectrum is Still Available in the Premium 700MHz Band: Manoj Sinha

It has been more than a year since the last spectrum auction. Telecom regulator Trai was hoping to conduct a spectrum auction this year, but eventually, top telecom operators backed out and requested to not hold any auction at least in the next six months. Today, Manoj Sinha, the minister of communication said that the government has over 7400MHz spectrum available for telecom services. "The government has 7446MHz of spectrum... Read More

December 18th, 2017 6:50 PM 50 COMMENTS

Good News! Trai Might Reduce the Mobile Number Portability (MNP) Charges from Rs 19 to Rs 4 Very Soon

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) is on a roll at the moment. After reducing the Interconnect Call Charges earlier this year, the regulator today started a consultation process on bringing down the Mobile Number Portability (MNP) charges. In the consultation paper, Trai said that it's looking to bring down the MNP charges from Rs 19 to Rs 4. The MNP charge is something paid by the customer as... Read More

December 15th, 2017 1:47 PM 7 COMMENTS

Supreme Court Extends the Date of Mandatory Aadhaar Linking With Mobile Numbers Until March 31, 2018

As expected, the Supreme Court today extended the date for linking of Aadhaar with mobile numbers and other services till March 31, 2018. Recently, the Centre extended the date of linking Aadhaar with PAN card until March 31 and this news comes right after that. The deadlines for linking Aadhaar with PAN (Permanent Account Number), existing bank accounts, mobile numbers, and welfare schemes are extended till March 31, 2018. The... Read More

December 15th, 2017 11:59 AM 0 COMMENTS

Trai Asks Telecom Operators to Submit Call Drops Data Based On New Parameters

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has directed telecom operators to submit their network data based on the new call drop parameters. Under new rules, telcos may face a penalty of up to Rs 10 lakh for call drops. Trai's new rules measures call drops at a mobile tower level, instead of the previous telecom circle level measuring. Trai has recently issued a new format to telecom operators to... Read More

December 13th, 2017 7:27 PM 1 COMMENTS

Trai Set to Release Recommendations on In-Flight Connectivity by the End of December

Trai (Telecom Regulatory Authority of India) is all set to release the much-delayed and much-awaited recommendations for In-Flight Connectivity (IFC) by the end of December, as confirmed by Trai Chairman R.S. Sharma. Trai has been delaying the recommendations on in-flight connectivity (IFC) for a long time now. With the increase of broadband usage in recent times, Trai is looking to provide broadband connectivity to passengers on board. "Recommendations on in-flight... Read More

December 13th, 2017 4:13 PM 92 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio Adds 7.3 Million Subscribers in October 2017; Overall Telecom Subscriber Base Down to 1,201 Million: Trai

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) announced that India telecom base eroded 0.41 percent in the month of October 2017. The subscriber base fell slightly from 1,206.71 million to 1,201.72 million for all major telecom operators. The data released by Trai showed a decline in both wireless and wired customer base. The wireless subscribers decreased by 0.41% to 1178.20 million, while wired connections plummeted even more by 0.60% to... Read More

November 30th, 2017 8:53 PM 2 COMMENTS

Trai Focuses on Ease of Doing Business, Moots Easier Norms for Telecom Sector

India's telecom regulator on Thursday said that promoting "Ease of doing business" is essential for unhindered growth of the telecom sector and is amongst the priorities of the government. It has also recommended various steps for improving ease of doing business in the sector, including speedier merger and acquisition approvals and easier norms that would allow trading of the excess spectrum of a merged entity within a year and a... Read More

November 29th, 2017 9:51 PM 37 COMMENTS

Net Neutrality: Trai’s Proposal to Exempt Content Delivery Networks to Benefit Jio and Airtel

Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel are most likely to benefit from the telecom regulator's recommendation to exempt Content Delivery Networks (CDN) out of the net neutrality regulation, according to sector analysts. Trai had on Tuesday suggested to exempt CDNs within a telco’s own network from any restrictions on non-discriminatory treatment as part of its larger net neutrality recommendations. Analysts say that both Reliance Jio and Airtel are largely integrated telcos... Read More

November 22nd, 2017 3:47 PM 4 COMMENTS

Trai Proposes Easing Spectrum Holding Norms; May Help Vodafone-Idea Merger, RCom

In a bid to encourage mergers and acquisitions as well as spectrum trading in India's telecom market, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India has suggested removing caps on spectrum holding in the individual band. In its response to the report on ‘Issues Relating to Spectrum Cap’, the regulator has recommended the existing limit to hold up to 50% by an operator of the total spectrum available within a band in... Read More

November 10th, 2017 3:30 PM 46 COMMENTS

Tata Teleservices Pips Jio in Subscriber Addition; Airtel, Vodafone India; Idea Lose Subscribers in August: Trai Data

Tata Teleservices, which is in the process of merging its telecom business with telecom major Bharti Airtel, has pipped 4G entrant Reliance Jio in August by adding 4.88 million subscribers, according to subscription data released by sector regulator Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) on Thursday. Tata Teleservices' total customer base went up by over 10 percent to 46.9 million. Reliance Jio Infocomm, however, added 4.09 million customers in August,... Read More

October 28th, 2017 12:53 PM 6 COMMENTS

Trai Unlikely to Accept Reliance Jio’s Request of Slashing International Termination Rates: Report

Telecom regulator Trai is not considering to reduce the international termination rates (ITR). Trai conducted a workshop on October 16 to discuss the ITR and in the same workshop, Jio asked the Trai to set same rates for both domestic and international termination rates. However, according to a new report from Economic Times, Trai is unlikely to reduce the international termination rates (ITR), which is a charge paid by telecom... Read More

October 17th, 2017 9:09 AM 21 COMMENTS

After Domestic IUC Reduction, Reliance Jio Now Wants International Call Rates to be Reduced

Reliance Jio has made a bold proposal yet again. Yesterday, Trai conducted a workshop on discussing the International call termination rates, and at the workshop, Reliance Jio stated that the call termination rates should be same for both domestic and international calls. Reliance Jio asked the regulator to slash the international call rates to 6 paise per minutes, and later on, completely scrap it. With this bold proposal, Reliance Jio... Read More

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