The Ministry of Communications clarified that the rates of telecommunication services are decided by market forces within the regulatory framework notified by the independent regulator, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI). The Government does not intervene in free market decisions as the functionality is under the domain of TRAI … Read More
The Union Government has issued a notification enforcing another set of sections of the Telecommunications Act 2023, which will come into effect on Friday, July 5, 2024. These sections, effective from today, relate to the optimal utilisation of spectrum, equipment that blocks telecommunications, and rules concerning the appointment of the … Read More
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) under the Ministry of Communications has announced that the Telecommunication Mobile Number Portability (Ninth Amendment) Regulations, 2024, will come into effect from July 1, 2024. Aimed at thwarting fraudulent practices involving SIM swaps or replacements, these regulations introduce stringent measures to safeguard consumers. … Read More
Reliance Jio was the lone telecom operator in India which saw its active subscriber base going up in April 2024. The data was shared by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) in its monthly performance indicator report. Jio added 3.06 million active users in April 2024. That took Jio’s … Read More
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has issued a clarification amidst misleading media reports regarding its recent consultation paper on the revision of the National Numbering Plan (NNP). Contrary to recent claims in some media outlets, TRAI has categorically denied any proposal to impose fees on mobile or landline … Read More
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has issued a consultation paper today on the revision of the National Numbering Plan in response to the evolving telecommunications landscape and the advent of 5G networks. The national numbering plan, last updated in 2003, needs review to address challenges posed by the … Read More
BSNL and Vodafone Idea (Vi) have lost wireless subscribers, while Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel have gained wireless subscribers in March 2024, as per the Telecom Subscription Data released by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) on Friday. The report noted that Airtel had gained wireless subscribers across all … Read More
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has issued directions today to all access service providers for the submission of granular details of Base Stations, strengthening the reporting rules for Base Stations’ details submission. TRAI has asked operators to submit details such as site location, type of site (Macro/Micro/IBS/Other), technology … Read More
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has released recommendations on Telecommunication Infrastructure Sharing, Spectrum Sharing, and Spectrum Leasing. The recommendations, released by the TRAI on Wednesday, address several critical aspects of telecom operations in India. Following the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) request for recommendations on the proposal to allow sharing … Read More
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has recommended to the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) that new-age startups or innovators should be helped by providing them with funds. Some tech, which may not be able to attract private money, may have the potential to bridge the digital divide and bring … Read More
More than 1 crore requests were made in India by users to port SIM cards in February 2024. Indian telecom consumers have the option to port their SIM card to some other telecom operator’s network if they don’t want to stick with their current operator anymore. The users don’t have … Read More
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 … Read More
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