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Tanay Singh Thakur April 21st, 2021 9:06 PM 1 COMMENTS

COAI Cautioning Public Against Clicking on Links Offering Free Recharges

The Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI), a non-government body that represents top telcos in India, including Bharti Airtel, Reliance Jio, and Vodafone Idea (Vi), has issued an urgent statement alerting users about particular links and messages offering free recharge plans. The telecom body has asked users to refrain from clicking on such links and messages. Such messages are making rounds in social media, saying that the Indian government is... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur April 19th, 2021 12:35 PM 16 COMMENTS

COAI Might Push to Lower Reserve Price of 700 MHz Spectrum

The Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) might soon ask the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) on behalf of the telcos to push the sector regulator for bringing down the reserve price of the frequencies in the 700 MHz spectrum band. According to an ET Telecom report, all the private operators are likely to write to the telecom department for asking the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) to lower the... Read More

Sonali Rauthan April 17th, 2021 4:36 PM 6 COMMENTS

COAI Pushes for Complete Ban on Illegal Signal Repeaters: Report

The rising number of illegal repeaters and boosters in the country has forced the Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) to order the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) a total ban on selling of signal repeaters and boosters, be it offline or online. COAI has asked DoT to pursue the issue with the Ministry of Commerce and Industry to prohibit the import of illegal boosters in the country immediately. Furthermore, the... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur March 23rd, 2021 4:45 PM 21 COMMENTS

Telcos Ask Trai to Avail Millimetre Wave Bands for Making 5G Affordable

The Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI), which represents India's top three telecom operators (Jio, Airtel, and Vodafone Idea), has asked the regulator to avail millimetre wave bands for the 5G auctions. COAI director general S.P Kochhar wrote a letter to Anshu Prakash, secretary of Department of Telecommunications (DoT), requesting the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) to “earmark” and include millimetre wave bands in the 5G auctions. According to... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur February 17th, 2021 12:38 PM 0 COMMENTS

Telcos Call for the Regulation of OTT Communication Apps

Telecom operators have asked for the regulation of the over-the-top (OTT) communication apps. Citing the recent WhatsApp privacy policy changes as an example, the telcos have argued that OTT apps don’t have any obligation to protect its customers' privacy. This means these apps need to be regulated just the way licence norms regulate telcos. The Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) has asked the telecom secretary of India, Anshu Prakash... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur January 21st, 2021 4:30 PM 1 COMMENTS

Telecom Operators Want Lesser Taxes and Exemptions from Government

India's telecom industry wants to pay lesser taxes and need exemption on paying custom duties to the government. The license fee which telcos in India have to pay is way too high than what operators in other parts of the world need to. That is why, the industry has sought for a reduction in spectrum usage charges (SUC), spectrum acquisition charges, licence fee, removal of GST (goods and services tax)... Read More

Chakri K January 6th, 2021 7:55 PM 26 COMMENTS

Spectrum Auction Bidding to Start from March 1, COAI Welcomes the Move

The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) today issued a notice for next spectrum auction bidding date. The bidding for the next spectrum auction will start from March 1. This is the sixth round of spectrum auction for radiowaves worth Rs 3.92 crore. Last month, the Union Cabinet approved the DoT's proposal to hold next spectrum auction by March 2021. In this spectrum auction, a total of 2,251.25 Megahertz (MHz) spectrum will... Read More

Chakri K December 29th, 2020 9:22 PM 3 COMMENTS

COAI Strongly Condemns Farmers’ Protest of Disrupting Telecom Towers in Punjab

The Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) expressed its disappointment over farmers cutting power supply to Jio's towers in Punjab. The farmers are currently protesting against the government three farm laws. According to them, the new farm laws benefit the Mukesh Ambani, who also owns Reliance Jio. Because of this reason, farmers are disturbing the power supply of the telco's towers. COAI DG SP Kochhar said the firm respects people's... Read More

Chakri K December 21st, 2020 9:24 AM 3 COMMENTS

ARPU Would Take Several Years to Reach Minimum Acceptable Level: COAI DG

Over the last few quarters, telecom operators saw a slight increase in Average Revenue per User (ARPU). As the country went into lockdown to combat COVID-19, the ARPU of telecom operators, especially Bharti Airtel, has been on the rise because of the high utilisation of telecom services by the customers. S.P. Kochhar, the Director General at Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI), opined that the recent ARPU growth is 'not... Read More

Chakri K December 16th, 2020 9:58 PM 24 COMMENTS

Next Round of Spectrum Auction in India to Take Place by March 2021, COAI Welcomes the Move

The Union Cabinet has approved the next spectrum auction and it will be held in India by March 2021, an official statement from the government said. The Cabinet has cleared the DoT's proposal in which the department stated the willingness to conduct spectrum auction by March 2021. The frequency bands- 700 MHz, 800 MHz, 900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 2100 MHz, 2300 MHz and 2500 MHz, will be auctioned, and it... Read More

Bala Yogesh September 15th, 2020 11:50 AM 0 COMMENTS

Trai Recommendations on OTT Services Does Not Address Important Issues: COAI

The Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) on Monday said that the recommendations released by Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) on Regulatory Framework for Over-the-Top (OTT) services does not address important issues. SP Kochhar, director general of COAI said that the consultation paper released by Trai in 2018, had raised several “important issues” such as “lawful interception of OTT services.” However, Kochhar said that the recommendations released by Trai... Read More

Shrijan Soni July 10th, 2020 3:24 PM 1 COMMENTS

Telcos Urge Trai to Charge SUC on Shared Spectrum Bands

Telecom operators Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Idea and Reliance Jio, have urged the telecom regulator Trai that additional spectrum usage charge (SUC) of 0.5 % must only be applicable in shared spectrum bands rather than the entire spectrum band. Not only this, but the telcos have asked Trai to consider the necessity of SUC charge as the airwaves are purchased in auction by paying market prices. As reported by ET Telecom,... Read More