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
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 … Read More
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 … Read More
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 … Read More
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 … Read More
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 … Read More
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 … Read More
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 … Read More
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 … Read More
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 … Read More
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