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June 1st, 2017 3:55 PM 6 COMMENTS

TRAI Working With Telcos to Enable Customers Check Data Speeds for Free Via New URL: Report

In a move aimed at empowering customers and battle the low-speed issue, the telecom regulator, Trai, is said to be working with telecom operators to figure out a way for customers to check their data speeds at no extra cost and share the findings with the regulator. The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) chairman RS Sharma told Financial Express that the authority would soon ask Indian telecom operators to... Read More

May 1st, 2017 8:26 PM 6 COMMENTS

TRAI Starts a New Process to Frame Rules for Network Testing Before Commercial Launch

Reliance Jio’s free services for six long months has forced Telecom Regulatory Authority of India to implement a new paper on network testing ahead of the operator’s commercial launch of services. The consultation paper from TRAI is due to the criticism faced by telecom regulator when Jio came out with two promotional offers for 90 days. Reliance Jio became paid just a couple of weeks ago, but before that the... Read More

April 3rd, 2017 7:04 PM 74 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio With 16.48 Mbps Average Download Speed Leads in February 2017: TRAI Speed Test Results

Reliance Jio has pipped incumbent telecom operators—Bharti Airtel, Vodafone and Idea Cellular—in terms of 4G download speeds in the month of February at 16.48 Mbps, which however declined marginally from 17.42 Mbps in January. The fresh data assumes great importance amid the ongoing battle between Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel over the latter’s TVC based on Ookla findings terming it India’s fastest 4G network of 2016. Recently, ASCI, which the... Read More

March 28th, 2017 10:57 AM 68 COMMENTS

Indian GSM Telcos Say MediaTek Chipset Powered Smartphones Slow Down Network Quality

Indian GSM telecom operators through their industry body the Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) have informed the telecom regulator that 4G smartphones running on Taiwan-based MediaTek chipsets slow down network quality. In a letter to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), the COAI cited a recent test conducted by individual telecom operators to come to this conclusion about MediaTek chipsets. The industry body, which represents Bharti Airtel, Vodafone,... Read More

March 10th, 2017 3:48 PM 1 COMMENTS

Broadband India Forum’s President TV Ramachandran Bats In Favor Of TRAI’s Recommendations for Public Wi-Fi

Just after a day of TRAI's recommendation on ‘Proliferation of Broadband through Public Wi-Fi,' the Broadband India Forum President, Mr T.V Ramachandran praised the recommendations of the regulator by calling it as a huge step towards expediting the availability of affordable and accessible broadband everywhere and to achieve the vision of  Digital India. He said, and he hoped that the Department of Telecom would provide their first consent to these recommendations and pave... Read More

March 6th, 2017 9:07 PM 153 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio Rose to Top Again With Average Monthly Data Speeds of 17.5 Mbps in JAN

After losing the place to Bharti Airtel in the data speeds space in the month of January, Reliance Jio has risen to top again with insane average download speeds of 17.427 Mbps in the month of February. Bharti Airtel last month topped the chart with download speeds of 11.862 Mbps, but the operator's data speeds have decreased to 11.254 Mbps in February, according to tests conducted in TRAI's Myspeed app.... Read More

February 23rd, 2017 7:22 PM 69 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio’s Free Services Led to Rs 685 Crore Losses to Govt, TC Pulls Up TRAI

Telecom Commission (TC), the inter-ministerial panel has pulled up the telecom regulator Trai for jeopardising the health of the sector by allowing Reliance Jio’s free offers to continue beyond the stipulated time. According to various media reports, Reliance Jio’s free services have cost the government Rs 685 crore. The Indian government collects license fees and spectrum usage charges from telcos, calculated by their revenue. Jio’s free offers have led to... Read More

February 9th, 2017 1:57 PM 9 COMMENTS

PoI dispute between Jio and Airtel is a serious consumer issue, says TRAI Chairman: Report

In the latest development, the Chairman of Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) R. S. Sharma said that the points-of-interconnect (PoI) issue, surfacing between Reliance Jio and incumbent operators, is a “consumer issue” and the regulator will continue to monitor it. “We have been deliberating on this issue...It is not an issue of (operator) A versus B. It is an issue of consumers,” TRAI Chairman R. S. Sharma said during... Read More

December 23rd, 2016 3:32 PM 20 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio PoI issue: Delhi HC denies to stay TRAI’s Rs. 1050 crore penalty imposed on Vodafone: Report

Bringing a setback to Vodafone, the Delhi High Court refused to stay the TRAI’s penalty of Rs. 1050 crores on Vodafone for allegedly denying Points-of-Interconnect (PoIs) to Reliance Jio, reports Economic Times (ET). The Court has also issued notice to the Department of Telecom (DoT) to make it a party to the case. In the backdrop of the complaint filed by Reliance Jio against the incumbent operators, TRAI sent a... Read More

November 17th, 2016 2:14 PM 20 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio tariff plans didn’t violate any rules by offering voice services free of charge: Telecom Minister Manoj Sinha

Reliance Jio Infocomm, the Mukesh Ambani-led telecom operator, has received a clean chit from the Indian government for its “controversial” tariff plans that offer free unlimited voice calling service, following a similar respite from the regulator, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai). Trai had earlier opined that tariff plans filed by Jio cannot be considered as IUC non-complaint, predatory and discriminatory. According to ET, Telecom Minister Manoj Sinha in... Read More

November 1st, 2016 11:26 AM 0 COMMENTS

TRAI directs operators to ensure minimum 512Kbps speed for broadband subscribers, asks operators to SMS customers about usage limits: Report

In what it calls to be a relief to the broadband customers, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has directed the telecom service providers to inform the broadband subscribers about the usage limits, especially at the point when they cross the 50%, 90% and 100% of their usage quota. Also, TRAI has asked them to ensure that the download speed should be 512Kbps at all times even after the... Read More

October 29th, 2016 1:47 PM 5 COMMENTS

Telecom Minister to meet CEOs on November 1 to review call drop issue: Report

Bringing call drop issue back to the limelight, Telecom Minister Manoj Sinha has announced that he will meet the CEOs of the telecom companies on November 1. The meeting will check the progress of solutions implemented by the companies to address call drop, as well as carve out a road map for the future. This may include the plans to expand the necessary infrastructure. According to the Minister, there is... Read More

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