Reliance Jio, India’s second-largest telecom operator, has written to TRAI (Telecom Regulatory Authority of India) to revise its consultation paper on satellite spectrum pricing. Jio believes that the paper doesn’t promote a level playing field between terrestrial and satellite network service providers. In addition to this, the regulator’s decision to … Read More
The Department of Telecommunications (DoT), in partnership with Telecom Service Providers (TSPs) has blocked 4.5 million spoofed calls as part of a new initiative to identify and block incoming international spoofed calls before they can reach Indian telecom subscribers. Fraudsters have been exploiting the Calling Line Identity (CLI) system to … Read More
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has decided to go a little easy on select entities for implementing its new SMS norms. For the unaware, the new norms direct business entities to register their message templates and their content (URLs, APK links, and OTT links) with the telcos before … Read More
The Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) is not too happy with the TRAI’s recommendations on the framework for service authorisations under the Telecom Act, 2023. COAI wants the existing way or the contractual nature of the licenses to continue in the telecom sector. The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) and … Read More
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has released a consultation paper titled ‘Formulating a Digital Radio Broadcast Policy for Private Radio Broadcasters.’ The consultation paper is to enable an ecosystem where all the analogue radio signals can be digitised. In India, the analogue terrestrial radio broadcast is carried out … Read More
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has today (Friday) issued a consultation paper addressing the “Terms and Conditions for the Assignment of Spectrum for Certain Satellite-Based Commercial Communication Services.” This follows a request from the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) in July 2024, seeking TRAI’s recommendations on spectrum pricing and … Read More
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has made it mandatory for the telcos to only allow whitelisted content to be sent via SMS to customers. This rule was announced by the regulatory body on August 20, 2024. The rule instructs all access service providers to block any SMS traffic … Read More
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has issued recommendations for a revamped telecommunication licensing regime under the Telecommunications Act of 2023. Through these recommendations, the Authority has recommended a new service authorisation framework, said the Ministry of Communications on Wednesday. The new framework aims to simplify processes, encourage competition, … Read More
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has recommended that Virtual Network Operators (VNOs) should partner with multiple telcos to improve services. Along with that, TRAI has also now recommended that VNOs should be allowed to take wireless services from one operator and wireline from another in one licensed service … Read More
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has asked the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) to encash the bank guarantees (BGs) since the telcos are refraining from paying the penalties. The penalties that TRAI is talking about here are related to not being able to curb spam messaging. The Indian government … Read More
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has launched a crackdown on spam calls after receiving over 7.9 lakh complaints against Unregistered Telemarketers (UTMs) in the first half of 2024. In response, TRAI issued strict directives on August 13, 2024, requiring all telecom providers to immediately stop promotional voice calls … Read More
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has granted Access Providers an extension until October 1, 2024, to comply with new regulations on whitelisting URLs, APKs, and OTT links. The original directive, issued on August 20, 2024, requires Access Providers to block any traffic containing unwhitelisted URLs, APKs, or OTT … Read More
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