Indian telecom operators have on Monday committed to install 1 lakh towers within a year with an investment of about Rs 20,000 crore to tackle the mobile call drop menace, according to media reports. This was the outcome of the meeting of top honchos of telecom operators and Telecom Minister Manoj Sinha to discuss the call drop issue and spectrum auctions. The first meeting on the same issue of call... Read More
The Indian telecom regulator is mulling over making call drop benchmark rate more stringent, a move aimed at curbing the call drops menace in the country. In a bod to make call drop benchmark rate more severe, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India is likely to start evaluating options. Media reports said regulator may soon issue a consultation paper to seek comments from to explore setting the call drop benchmark... Read More
The Indian telecom service providers will install 60,000 base transceiver stations (BTS) with an investment of around Rs 12,000 crore in the next three months to improve networks which should help check the call drop issue in the country. This was the outcome of the high profile meeting of the Telecom Secretary J.S. Deepak with the CEOs of Indian telcos, who presented a 100-day action plan to the government on... Read More
Earlier today, the apex court ruled in favour of telcos where it struck down TRAI's directive which might have lead telcos pay Rs. 1 for every call drop, subject to a maximum of Rs. 3 per day. As expected, telcos are elated with this court decision especially since a negative judgement would have put a strain on their finances. This judgement even helped telco stocks recover their initial losses. Industry... Read More
Indian telecom service providers said that they are surprised and are deeply dismayed by the cartelization related remarks by the Indian telecom regulator in the Supreme Court in respect of the its business practices and ethics. The telcos, through COAI, have said that the cartelization related remarks are misplaced, baseless and rather misleading. Earlier, Attorney-General Mukul Rohatgi, who was appeared for Trai, said, “This is a cartel of four-five players in... Read More
The Indian telecom carriers have been asked by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India to ready a mechanism to ensure compensations to consumers in case of call drops starting January 1. Trai Chairman RS Sharma today said the Indian telcos must take steps to prepare themselves to implement this mechanism. He added that the regulation on call drops can’t be overturned by a competent authority, nor annulled, modified or cancelled. The... Read More
In the recent past the issue of call drops plaguing the Indian telecom sector has been in the news a lot. The government has been intervening in the matter actively to regulate the telecom operators to improve the service provided by them in order to resolve this issue. The government had proposed that telecom operators compensate subscribers for call drops by not charging for the last pulse during which the... Read More
Call drops have been plaguing Indian mobile subscribers, particularly the urban populace for nearly a year now. Call Drops has become a national topic, thanks to campaigns like #NoCallDrops from Network18. Since then various media houses have joined the debate and this has resulted in growing awareness about the subject. Thanks to the involvement of DoT, TRAI, PMO, and Telecom Ministry, Indian mobile subscribers will hopefully have a solution in the coming... Read More
July 31st is the deadline given to telecom operators to report back to the government after analyzing the faults in their networks that cause frequent call drops. The government also has asked to take necessary steps to optimize the radio frequencies in their networks. Within the action that were prescribed, the Government has asked operators to install more sites, adopt in-built solutions and augment existing frequency resources to reduce call... Read More
Hello! ... Are you there?... Silence ... Am I connected? ... Break.... Is this the same with your case? India is heading towards Digitization and proper call connectivity and quality is also a part of it we suppose. Poor coverage is one aspect and Call Drop is another aspect. It is difficult to analyze the reasons for call drops as they are varied and we can't just point one reason... Read More
Telecom companies have come under the scanner as the government has sought information to check the reason behind frequent call drops.With the telecom operators claiming dearth of mobile towers as the reason, government has decided to dig deep to find the truth. The Department of Telecom (DoT) had recently urged the sector regulator to suggest a mechanism to penalize telecom operators for call drops,Ravi Shankar Prasad, Telecom Minister has asked... Read More
In response to the heated debate on frequent call drops, which is found to be occurring in different telecom circles irrespective of the telecom operator, Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad argues that the situation will not improve unless new mobile towers are allowed to come up. Moreover, the Minister also said that the debates against installation of mobile towers in the name of radiation harm is ‘wrong’ and ‘uncalled for’.... Read More
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