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Sanjay April 27th, 2012 12:24 PM 20 COMMENTS

TRAI’s New Recommendations Will Set India Back in its Goal to Deliver “Broadband on Demand” – GSMA

World's GSM Operators Association - GSMA today said that the Indian telecom regulator TRAI’s recommendations on the “Auction of Spectrum” will set India back in its goal to deliver “Broadband on Demand” to the citizens of India. GSMA stated that TRAI's spectrum proposals disregard international best practice in spectrum policy and jeopardize the investment of billions of US dollars in new mobile infrastructure in a sector that either directly, or... Read More

Sanjay April 24th, 2012 11:29 AM 56 COMMENTS

Mobile Operators Opposes TRAI’s High 2G Auction Base Price, Call Rates May Rise upto Rs.5 Per Min

After burning hands in the 2G and 3G spectrum allocation, India's Mobile service operators are now standing more to lose. Most of operators have opposed sectoral regulator Telecom Regulatory Authority of India's (TRAI) recommendations of a base price for auction of 2G spectrum that is higher than the 3G price set in 2010. TRAI's move may also hurt Uninor (Telenor) and MTS India (Sistema Shyam Teleservices) which had lost 2G... Read More

Sanjay April 20th, 2012 6:57 PM 28 COMMENTS

TRAI Makes ‘Per Second Tariff’ for Postpaid & Prepaid Mobile Mandatory

India's telecom watchdog Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has made it a must for all mobile service operators (CDMA/GSM) to offer "Per Second Tariff Plan" to their prepaid and postpaid users. Telecom Regulator, TRAI today in a tariff amendment order said "It had become "mandatory" for service providers to offer in each service area/telecom circle at least one tariff plan each for both postpaid and prepaid subscriber with a... Read More

Sanjay April 20th, 2012 2:19 PM 27 COMMENTS

TRAI Increases Processing Fee, Now Pay Rs.1 more For Every Mobile Recharge above Rs.20

India's prepaid mobile service subscribers now will have to pay an extra Rs. 1 every time they recharge or Top-Up their prepaid account for more than Rs. 20. This appears to be a setback for more than 90% mobile service users in the county. India's telecom watchdog Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has today issued amendments to the Telecommunication Tariff Order (TTO) enhancing the ceiling or processing fee from... Read More

Sanjay April 19th, 2012 12:02 PM 16 COMMENTS

TRAI Says, No Separate Exit Policy – No Refunds For Telcos Wanting To Exit

In a major setback for mobile service operators, especially those whose mobile service licenses has been canceled by the Supreme Court under 2G verdict and who want to shut operations in India like Etisalat DB, STel and Loop Telecom ect., the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) said there was no need for a separate exit policy. In its recommendations to the Department of Telecom (DoT), TRAI said "Presentiy there... Read More

Sanjay March 29th, 2012 5:31 PM 10 COMMENTS

TRAI Strict On Pesky Calls & SMS, 22769 Individual Customers Disconnected

Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) today said that total 22769 subscribers have been disconnected for making pesky calls or messages through individual numbers. TRAI is monitoring and enforcing the regulations for protection of customers from Unsolicited Commercial calls and SMSs. According to TRAI after implementation of regulations on 27th September 2011, 36156 subscribers have been issued notices and 22769 mobile/telecom subscribers have been disconnected. In case of telemarketers, in... Read More

Sanjay March 26th, 2012 5:46 PM 86 COMMENTS

TRAI to Telcos : Stop Misleading Tariff Advertisements

In order to further improve transparency in telecom tariff offers, India's telecom watchdog Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has today issued a Direction to all Telecom / Mobile service providers on preventing 'misleading tariff' advertisements. TRAI said that every advertisement published by mobile/telecom service providers must be transparent and non-misleading and the design, including paper size, color, font type and font size, tone and volume of the advertisement is... Read More

Sanjay March 21st, 2012 8:04 PM 35 COMMENTS

Airtel, Loop Mobile and Idea Cellular Summoned on MNP Port-Out Rejection Complaints

India's three leading mobile service providers Bharti Airtel, Idea Cellular and Loop Mobile and their top officials were summoned today by a Delhi court for allegedly violating the TRAI regulations on Mobile Number Portability (MNP). After the lot of complaints of false practice by these leading operators regarding Mobile Number Portability (MNP), Indian telecom watchdog Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has approached a Delhi Court, with a complaint against... Read More

Girdher March 20th, 2012 6:22 PM 72 COMMENTS

BSNL Revises Prepaid 2G and 3G Tariff Plans As Per TRAI’s New Regulation

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) the pan-India 3G mobile service provider has revised its prepaid tariff plans and STVs to implement the TRAI's new tariff regulation TELECOM CONSUMERS PROTECTION REGULATIONS- 2012. The revised tariff will be effective from 21st March 2012. As per TRAI's TCPR-2012, all the service providers can offers only three type of prepaid vouchers - Plan Voucher; Top Up Voucher; and Special Tariff Vouchers. Plan voucher should... Read More

Sanjay March 2nd, 2012 2:09 PM 21 COMMENTS

TRAI Extends Deadline For Mobile Operators To Provide Prepaid Account Info

Telecom regulator Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has extended the implementation time of its Telecom Consumers Protection Regulations, 2012 from 45 days to 75 days. On 7th January 2012 to bring in transparency in tariff offerings, help consumers in understanding the various tariff plans and vouchers on offer TRAI has made it a must for all mobile phone operators (CDMA/GSM) to provide prepaid users updates of calls made and... Read More

Sanjay February 23rd, 2012 1:03 PM 115 COMMENTS

TRAI to Telcos : Don’t Cancel MNP Port Out Requests

After the lot of complaints of false practice by some leading operators regarding Mobile Number Portability (MNP), Indian telecom watchdog Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) today issued new directive to stop the cancellation or withdrawal of MNP Port Out request by 'Donor' operator. TRAI said that as a donor operator, some of the mobile service providers are rejecting the Porting request by accepting cancellation request in the form of... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas February 2nd, 2012 11:38 AM 132 COMMENTS

Supreme Court Cancels 122 Licences Given in 2008, Confuses People

What come as a shocker for many operator is the judgment passed by the Supreme Court today which has cancelled all 122 2G licences. As per ET the licenses of 11 companies have been cancelled the penalties have been imposed on Tata Teleservices, Unitech and DB Realty. The Mobile Service providers (GSM/CDMA) that are set to lose on account of the cancellation of the licences are Uninor (joint venture between... Read More