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 … Read More
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.” … Read More
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 … Read More
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 … Read More
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 … Read More
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 … Read More
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 … Read More
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 … Read More
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 … Read More
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 … Read More
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 … Read More
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 … Read More
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