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Tanay Singh Thakur April 8th, 2024 3:27 PM 0 COMMENTS

TRAI Seeks Recommendations for Auction of Spectrum in New Frequency Ranges

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), recently released a consultation paper for the auction of spectrum in new frequency ranges. The regulatory body, upon the request of the Department of Telecommunications (DoT), is seeking recommendations on auctioning frequencies in the following range - 37-37.5 GHz, 37.5-40 GHz, and 42.5-43.5 GHz. A consultation paper titled, 'Auction of Spectrum in 37-37.5 GHz, 37.5-40 GHz and 42.5-43.5 GHz bands Identified for IMT',... Read More

Tanuja K November 22nd, 2023 5:38 PM 1 COMMENTS

TRAI Fixing DND App Bugs, Should be Done by March

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) is working on improving the experience of its DND (Do Not Disturb) app for consumers. There are bugs in the app that the regulatory body is trying to fix and it should be done by March next year. The DND app from TRAI is an important tool for many subscribers. It enables the users to quickly report pesky calls and texts. Read More... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur September 30th, 2023 3:58 PM 0 COMMENTS

TRAI Issues Consultation Paper on Digital Transformation through 5G Ecosystem

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has issued a consultation paper on 'Digital Transformation Through 5G Ecosystem'. The aim of the consultation paper is to build a proper policy and framework for faster adoption and effective utilisation of new technologies for a sustainable and holistic development of the economy driven by the 5G ecosystem, said TRAI. 5G is being rolled out in India and its ecosystem is currently in... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur September 6th, 2023 10:40 AM 0 COMMENTS

TRAI Recommends Pvt FM Players to Broadcast News

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has recommended allowing private FM players to broadcast news. Currently, private FM players are only allowed to broadcast All India Radio's news bulletins without any changes. But that can change as TRAI has recommended that private FM players be allowed to broadcast independent news and start current affairs programmes. However, the news has to be limited to 10 minutes an hour. Also, all... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur June 5th, 2023 11:37 AM 6 COMMENTS

TRAI Directs Access Providers to Develop DCA Facility in 2 Months

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) continues its efforts to combat the issue of unsolicited commercial communication (UCC) by introducing new measures. In recent times, TRAI has undertaken initiatives to clean data related to PE Headers and message content templates, as well as tagging variables in the message content. As a continuation of these actions, TRAI has now issued a directive to all Access Providers to develop and deploy... Read More

Palak Sharma July 19th, 2022 10:06 AM 0 COMMENTS

TRAI in-house Study Centre to Keep India Up to Mark with Innovative and New Tech

To support proactive research activities into emerging and developing technologies that are anticipated to further disrupt the telecommunications and broadcasting industries, the Indian telecom regulatory authority (TRAI) has established an internal study centre. A senior TRAI official told ET Telecom that the regulatory body has formed a study centre which will indulge in pro-active research in new and forthcoming sectors. The official added that the scope would also include fact... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur July 1st, 2022 5:48 PM 2 COMMENTS

TRAI to Leverage AI for Curbing Cybercrime and SIM Frauds

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) is looking to leverage Artificial Intelligence (AI) for curbing cybercrime and SIM frauds. India allows consumers to hold up to 9 SIM cards under their name. This gives fraudsters room for taking multiple SIM cards and then utilising them for fraud. (Note that J&K users can only keep 5 SIM cards). According to an ET Telecom report, a TRAI official said that they... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur May 23rd, 2022 3:54 PM 0 COMMENTS

Airtel, Jio Only in Strong Position for Upcoming 5G Spectrum Auction

The reserve price recommended by the TRAI (Telecom Regulatory Authority of India) is still not what the industry people wanted. Regardless, the Cabinet is likely to go ahead with the pricing recommendations from the regulator. This puts Bharti Airtel and Reliance Jio only as the companies which are expected to participate heavily in this auction. Vodafone Idea (Vi) doesn’t have a strong balance sheet at the moment, and the telco... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur April 18th, 2022 8:50 AM 0 COMMENTS

TRAI Won’t Side With Reserving mmWave Bands for Satellite Operators Only

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) is not going to side with reserving the 28 GHz band only for the satellite communications (satcom) companies. The regulator believes that for the optimum use of airwaves, the mmWave bands must be shared with both the satcom as well as terrestrial network operators. A TRAI official told ET Telecom that International Mobile Telecommunications (IMT) and satellite bands can co-exist and it has... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur April 12th, 2022 4:12 PM 7 COMMENTS

TRAI Has Not Recommended Enough Price Cut for 5G Airwaves: Opinion

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) recently came out with recommendations for the 5G spectrum auctions. The regulatory body recommended a price cut on spectrum bands. But the interesting thing to note here is that the price cut was done keeping in mind a period of 20 years. However, when 30 years are considered, the reserve price recommendations are higher than what the industry would have expected. The industry... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur April 7th, 2022 3:59 PM 0 COMMENTS

TRAI Wants DoT, MIB to Move Fast on Recommendations

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has asked the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) and the ministry of information and broadcasting (MIB) to move fast on the recommendations. According to an ET Telecom report, there are a lot of pending decisions that DoT and MIB need to take based on the recommendations given by the TRAI. The sector regulator has warned that if timely actions are not taken, the recommendations... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur April 1st, 2022 8:26 AM 4 COMMENTS

TRAI Releases Fresh Order to Clarify Rules for 30 Days or One Month Prepaid Plans

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) had earlier asked the telcos in India to at least offer one prepaid plan to their users, which comes with a validity of 30 days. Further, the regulatory body had asked the operators to ensure that users get a plan with which they can recharge on the same date every month. The telecom operators had three things to say about these orders. First,... Read More