The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has been an integral part of the Indian telecom industry 0ver the last few decades. The regulatory body has been working hand in hand with the government to ensure that consumers' interests are always protected. But the recent telecom draft bill 2022 was trying to dilute the power of the sector regulator. It brought concerns and confusion among the stakeholders in the industry.... Read More
The Broadband India Forum (BIF) has voiced its concern about the draft telecom bill 2022 announced by the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) recently. The bill looks to dilute the power of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), pushing the sector back to the pre-1997 era. This could pose problems for big investments flowing into the sector. In addition, according to an ET Telecom report, BIF is also apprehensive about... Read More
India is on the verge of rolling out 5G in select metro cities. But for a wider expansion and a seamless 5G network experience, it would take years for the telcos to lay out the necessary infrastructure. 5G would operate in higher frequencies, and thus a denser network infrastructure would be required. This is why telecom operators would have to use small cells on the street furniture. If you don't... Read More
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has listed all the prepaid plans of Jio, Airtel, Vi (Vodafone Idea), Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), and MTNL (Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited), which come with a 30 days service validity. In addition to this, the regulatory body has also listed the plans which have the same recharge date every month. TRAI acknowledged the concerns of the customers about the absence of a... Read More
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India's DND 2.0 spam reporting app has been taken down from the Apple App Store. After months of fighting attempts by authorities to grant the app access to users' entire message and phone logs, Apple created a workaround in 2018 that allowed the app to function without such bulk access. The app was the outcome of one of Apple's most important legal battles with the... Read More
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) will soon conduct a survey on tariffs for wireline and wireless subscribers in India. The survey will be conducted both in online as well as offline mode during September 2022. TRAI has chosen the M/s Academy of Management Studies (AMS), a survey agency based out of New Delhi, to carry out the consumer survey. This survey will take place in the month of... Read More
The telecom regulator released a consultation paper on Friday in an effort to gather feedback on how best to make use of big data and artificial intelligence (Al) for the industry. The market for Al and big data is rising quickly, and so is its use across industries. According to the regulator's report titled "Leveraging Al and big data in the telecommunications sector," the telecom sector, for example, can use... Read More
In New Delhi, the telecom and broadcasting sector regulator TRAI (Telecom Regulatory Authority of India) asked for opinions from various stakeholders on Wednesday over the renewal of registration for multi-system operators, as well as the amount of fees associated with the procedure. The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India sought input from various stakeholders on the provisions for multi-system operators to continue serving consumers after the registration has expired, while a... Read More
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has conducted drive tests in 12 cities and surrounding areas of those cities. TRAI included the following destinations in its test – Sangli, Tumkur, Rajkot, Nellore, Salem, Visakhapatnam, Udaipur, Indore, Kanpur, Meghalaya, Dehradun, and Gopalganj. The regulatory body also included two highways – Indore to Bhopal and Dehradun to Meerut for this test. TRAI assessed the KPIs (Key Performance Indicators) of all telecom... Read More
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
Vodafone Idea (Vi), the third-largest telecom operator in the country, continues to deliver the best voice calling experience to users in 2022. The data comes through the Trai MyCall portal. As per the data, in the month of June 2022, Vodafone Idea outscored Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel, and BSNL (Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited) in the area of providing the best calling experience. In June 2022, Bharti Airtel provided the worst... Read More
None of the telcos want to lose their customers. Be it the operator at the top or the operator at the bottom, everyone values their customers just the same. Thus, when the consumers put in the MNP (Mobile Number Portability) request, the telcos try to do their best to stop them from leaving their network. Because of this, quite often the telcos have been accused of offering differential pricing to... Read More
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