Tata Sky is one of the most preferred Direct to Home (DTH) service provider out in the market right now. When making a comparison between all the other DTH operators and Tata Sky, it becomes clear that the company is providing some quality service to its subscribers and is doing so at price-worthy rates. However, Tata Sky did not reach at this position in a day. After the implementation of... Read More
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has introduced new regulations which will allow the industry stakeholders, mainly DPOs and broadcasters, to register interconnect regulations. Trai has today issued the Telecommunication (Broadcasting and Cable) Services Register of Interconnection Agreements and all such other matters Regulations, 2019. The telecom regulator has noted that the main aim of this new regulation will be to bring together a reporting system for the service... Read More
In line with the new Telecom Regulatory Framework, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has appointed nine agencies to conduct an audit of the Digital Addressable Systems (DAS). The list of these auditors include CA Anil Kumar Jain, Borkar & Muzumdar, Peeyush Vaish, Partner, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu India LLP, Rahul Shah, Associate Partner, Ernst & Young LLP, Jitendra Kumar Sarawgi, Managing Partner, J.K. Sarawgi & Company, Jeenendra Bhandari, Partner,... Read More
Not long ago, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) had floated a consultation paper which envisaged a third-party app to be developed for channel selection and better consumer choice by the DTH customers. The telecom regulator had invited comments from the industry stakeholders. The DTH companies including Dish TV, Airtel Digital TV and Tata Sky have shared their comments on the consultation paper, and in essence, they stand against... Read More
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has struck five Multi-System Operators (MSOs) with a new direction. The telecom regulator has demanded that these multi-system operators provide a compliance report with the new regulatory framework within seven days. The regulator has reached out to these MSOs for non-adherence to the new regulatory framework and violating some causes of the new regulations. The five MSOs which are in the crosshair of... Read More
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has been in an ideation mode ever since the new tariff regime went into effect. After the implementation of the new regulatory framework, the Authority has been floating new consultation paper and recommendations for fine-tuning these rules. Now, in a new move, Trai has floated yet another consultation paper, and it has to do with Platform Services offered by DTH Operators. In its... Read More
There have been concerns building up in the broadcasting industry about the new consultation paper that Trai has floated. The new consultation paper from the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) is aimed at resolving the issues that currently remain in the new tariff regime. However, according to a new ET Telecom report based on an interview with Trai chairman, RS Sharma, the official has clarified a lot of misconceptions... Read More
It has not been a lot of time since the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) implemented the new tariff regime in the country and now the regulator is already looking towards amending the new regulatory framework. After it faced a backlash from the consumers and some sections of the industry like the MSOs, Trai decided to bring some changes to the new rule. For this, Trai has floated a... Read More
There has been a lot of headlines pertaining to the new consultation paper that Trai has floated regarding the correction of the new national tariff order, which the regulator had introduced last year. The consultation paper seeks to invite comments from the industry stakeholders to discuss the issues plaguing the broadcasting and DTH industry. However, as per a new ET report, the Indian Broadcasting Foundation (IBF) that represents television broadcasters... Read More
The new tariff regime implemented by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has garnered mixed views from the public. While the subscribers and the local cable operators (LCOs) have been against this implementation, the DTH operators and the MSOs have benefitted from these regulations. With Trai’s intervention, the industry has finally been able to establish a new pricing structure for channels through which the subscribers can choose the channels... Read More
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) introduced the national tariff order to bring about a much-needed change in the broadcasting and DTH industry of India. This tariff order by the sector regulator brought transparency and significant pricing changes in the sector. It also emphasised rules on quality of service (QoS) and consumer protection regulations as well. To recall, the tariff mandate was first introduced back in 2017, but it... Read More
While there were a lot of sceptics surrounding the implementation of the new Trai tariff regime which went to effect on March 31, 2019, there was also a little talk about positive long term effects of this implementation. Now that the DTH and broadcasting industry is nearing full integration with the Trai regulatory framework, we are slowly getting to see the positive ripples of the new Trai tariff regime. The... Read More
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where are the plans?no details , whats new whats changed?
Vi should decrease the tariff somewhere near to Jio's. So it can grab users from Airtel and Jio.
If out of 481, 108 is 5G customers. That means customer on Jio 4G network reduced from 452 million in…
In my nearest enodeB, Jio switches off b40 daily at around 1 am, restores around 6 am. b3 and b5…
If they already reached 482 million, I wonder in how many months it will reach 500 million customers. Their ARPU…
