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 … Read More
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 … Read More
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. … Read More
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 … Read More
According to data released by TRAI about telecom subscriber base in India at the end of July 2016, Wireline subscriber base declined from 24.74 million at the end of June 16 to 24.62 million at the end of July 16. Net reduction in the wireline subscriber base was 0.13 million … Read More
The total mobile subscriber base in the country has declined marginally to 103.42 crore at the end of July this year from 103.51 crore in June, primarily due to operators like Reliance Communications and Tata Teleservices losing CDMA subscribers. According to latest subscription data shared by TRAI, overall telecom operators … Read More
According to data released by TRAI about telecom subscriber base in India at the end of June 2016, Wireline subscriber base declined from 24.88 million at the end of May 16 to 24.74 million at the end of Jun 16. Net reduction in the wireline subscriber base was 0.13 million at … Read More
The total mobile subscriber base in the country has marginally grown to 1.035 billion, with Bharti Airtel leading the GSM subscriber addition for the month of June 2016. According to latest subscription data shared by TRAI, overall 1.36 million new mobile subscribers were added during the month. Top operator Bharti Airtel … Read More
Indian telecom regulator, Trai, has come out with its recommendations of the upcoming spectrum auction, which is likely to take place around May-June this year. It has given its recommendations on spectrum price for seven bands, including 700 MHz, 800 MHz, and 2500 MHz. The regulator, for the very first … Read More
Reliance Communications (RCom) has been asked by the telecom regulator Trai to suspend Facebook’s Free Basics services on its network till it submits the terms and conditions of the services, including tariff plans, according to media reports. “Trai has today (Wednesday) again written to RCom to submit details of the … Read More
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has issued a new paper which questions the differential data pricing for content services, bringing to the fore the Net Neutrality debate once again. Although, the paper seeks fresh comments on data pricing but does not mention the term net neutrality. TRAI’s consultation … Read More
GSM telecom service providers have asked Trai to retain the current band-wise spectrum caps. They have also urged Trai not to pursue its proposal to count all frequencies under 1 GHz as one frequency for calculating the 50% cap on spectrum holding in a band, according to media reports. COAI, … Read More
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