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Bhupendra Sharma May 2nd, 2015 6:03 PM 9 COMMENTS

TRAI Brings Virtual Network Operators Within Licensing Framework

The long envisioned issue of distributing licenses to virtual network providers or the companies that offer telecom services without owning a network infrastructure has earned wings. TRAI has proposed bringing all the virtual network operators within the licensing framework and bestow them to offer various services such as data, voice and video streaming. Experts call it a bold step by the government and hope that it will make the road... Read More

Ria Lakshman May 1st, 2015 11:06 PM 24 COMMENTS

DoT grants two months extension for rolling out full MNP in the country

After all the conundrums of rolling out full Mobile Number Portability (MNP) throughout the country, Department of Telecommunications has extended the deadline for its implementation for another two months. The earlier deadline was 3rd May 2015. The deadline is extended on the grounds that the operators would require another two months to complete the final detailed testing of hardware and software necessary for rolling out full MNP. This final testing... Read More

VIshwa K April 28th, 2015 3:26 PM 11 COMMENTS

DoT asks Telcos not to blame call drops on lack of telecom tower

Mobile phone operators have been warned by the DoT (Department of Telecommunications) not to blame call drops on lack of new towers and removal of the old ones. The authority asked the Telcos to instead “optimise” their bandwidth network so as to regularly improvise services. Telecom secretary Rakesh Garg told in a meeting on Monday that the general public are unhappy with the call drops spread across the entire day... Read More

Ria Lakshman April 21st, 2015 3:57 PM 8 COMMENTS

Full MNP will get delivered only by July: COAI

Nation-wide Mobile Number Portability (MNP) seems to get delayed further to July, with the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) asking the operators to make some technical changes. “The changes could take about eight weeks to complete”, Cellular Operators Association of India (CAOI) said. COAI is planning to write to DoT on the same. DoT’s new amendment on National Numbering Plan (NNP) will allocate mobile numbers to telecom operators and telecom circles,... Read More

Ria Lakshman April 21st, 2015 1:25 PM 2 COMMENTS

10-year license extension of Reliance Telecom on stake, SC reserved its verdict

Reliance Telecom, a subsidiary of Anil Dhirubhai Ambani group, failed to receive a verdict on its license extension plea, as the Supreme Court reserved judgement on the grounds that it has issued a notice to Department of Telecommunications (DoT) on this regard. The SC bench was headed by Justice J Chelameswar. Reliance Telecom sought a 10-year extension to their licenses in seven circles, including Assam, North East, West Bengal, Odisha,... Read More

Ria Lakshman April 21st, 2015 4:29 AM 49 COMMENTS

BSNL goes on strike demanding its revival, customers to be impacted ?

The Forum of BSNL Unions/Associations has announced a strike all over the country on 21st and 22nd April, 2015 demanding immediate attention to revive BSNL. The strike will begin at the midnight of 20th April 2015. According to the union, consisting of 2.25 lakhs BSNL employees, the deliberate decisions from the part of Government and management is responsible for the current Rs. 7000-8000 crore per year loss of the provider.... Read More

Ria Lakshman April 18th, 2015 11:03 PM 19 COMMENTS

Airtel CEO clears the air on ‘Airtel Zero’ sends mailers to its customers, says it doesn’t violate net neutrality

It looks like things are not going well with Airtel in an effort to clear the misconceptions existing about Airtel Zero, Gopal Vittal, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Bharti Airtel issued a public notice explaining the ‘whats’ and ‘what nots’ of the platform to its customers. This is for the first time when Airtel has come forward in support of Airtel zero platform and directly reaching to its end... Read More

Ria Lakshman April 16th, 2015 1:05 PM 13 COMMENTS

Vodafone’s new customer care number will be 199, says sources

Vodafone will change its customer care number into 199, according to sources. Currently, the service provider uses 111 as its customer care number and TRAI had directed it to stop using this number last month. Announcement of the same will strike soon. TRAI had earlier directed the service provider to change its existing 111 customer care number on the grounds that it violates the national numbering plan. According to the... Read More

Asma Chandani April 13th, 2015 2:50 PM 35 COMMENTS

Toll-Free Apps Help Build Smart Pipes for a Digital India

The booming digital economy has implications for a country soon predicted to have 283.8 million users - the world’s second largest Internet user base after China. Internet traffic in India is expected to increase five-fold by 2018, with a CAGR of over 40%, according to a recent consultation paper prepared by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI). In this article, I address how India is grappling with infrastructure, innovation... Read More

Ria Lakshman April 10th, 2015 4:49 PM 0 COMMENTS

Telecom companies paid the upfront dues of spectrum auction

Telecom companies who acquired airwaves during the last month’s auction paid their upfront amount balance with the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) by paying Rs. 18,000 crore. The deadline for the making the payments was Thursday. The seven operators, who won the bids had to pay an initial amount of Rs. 28,872 crore, with the rest in installments after a two-year moratorium. The payments have helped the Government to meet its... Read More

Esmail April 7th, 2015 11:41 PM 4 COMMENTS

TRAI recommends single number based ‘Integrated emergency communication & response system (IECRS)’

TRAI has today given its recommendations for establishing '112' as a single number that can be dialled in case of any of emergency situation, similar to 911 being used in USA. These recommendations have been finalized after wider consultations with the stakeholders. The Authority had issued a Consultation Paper titled 'Universal Single Number based Integrated Emergency Communication & Response System' dated 15th March 2013 for seeking comments of stakeholders. Since State Governments are major stakeholders... Read More

Ria Lakshman March 31st, 2015 11:33 PM 5 COMMENTS

Call Charges to Go Up by 12-15% in order to incur spectrum price: COAI

Get ready to allocate more budget for your mobile phone bills! The Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) expects to hike the call charges by 12-15 percent in order to incur Rs. 1,09,874.91 (Rs. 1.1 lakh crore) spectrum price telecom service providers need to pay the Government. COAI feels this price hike to be inevitable owing to the scenario where the industry faces a hike not only in spectrum cost,... Read More