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Tanay Singh Thakur December 25th, 2021 1:17 PM 0 COMMENTS

India’s Wireline Subscribers Grew to 23.13 Million in September 2021

India is seeing an increase in the number of wireline subscribers. From July 19.82 million subscribers in July 2020, the number of wireline subscribers grew to 23.13 million in September 2021. The upward trend in the number of wireline subscribers has been shared by the Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI). COAI said that the telecom industry had seen a boost in the total wireline subscriber base. The industry body... Read More

Ria Lakshman December 24th, 2021 9:57 PM 4 COMMENTS

TRAI Suggests Compulsory Deployment of Telecom Infrastructure Within Buildings

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) is expected to issue a consultation paper shortly, outlining its position on the non-discriminatory and compulsory deployment of telecom infrastructure within building premises to address Right-of-Way (RoW) issues, particularly in-building solutions (IBS). A source aware of the matter told ET Telecom that a discussion paper on granting compulsory access to telecom service providers within the building premises to facilitate in-building solutions, including optic-fibre... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur December 22nd, 2021 2:04 PM 0 COMMENTS

SIA-India Asks TRAI to Allow Satellite Gateways to Operate on 27.5 – 28.5 GHz Band

The Satcom Association of India (SIA-India) has written to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) for allowing the satellite gateways to operate on the spectrum in the 27.5 GHz - 28.5 GHz band. The industry body said that such a move is crucial for developing and enhancing the national infrastructure to roll out new broadband services, which also includes 5G. Further, according to an ET Telecom report, SIA-India also... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur December 21st, 2021 4:46 PM 0 COMMENTS

Bharti Airtel Offering Cheapest SMS Bundled Prepaid Plan

Bharti Airtel, India’s second-largest telecom operator, is offering the cheapest SMS bundled prepaid plan to the users. After the tariff hikes, SMS bundled prepaid plans became very expensive. So much so that Reliance Jio had written to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) complaining about the same. Post that, TRAI ordered that operators will allow free port out SMS to 1900 whether or not the plan comes with SMS... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur December 21st, 2021 12:23 PM 3 COMMENTS

TRAI Data Shows 7.29 Million MNP Requests in October 2021

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) on Monday released its monthly performance report for the telecom sector, which revealed that a total of 7.29 million MNP requests were made during October 2021. Out of the total MNP requests, 4.20 million requests were made in Zone-1, and the other 3.09 million requests came from Zone-2. For the unaware, Zone-1 is Northern and Western India while Zone-2 is Southern and Eastern... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur December 17th, 2021 10:42 AM 4 COMMENTS

5G Rollout Expected to be Delayed Further in India

5G rollout in India is expected to be delayed further in India. This is because the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) is likely to submit the fresh pricing recommendations to the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) by March 2022. This means that the spectrum auctions might not take place in the first quarter of FY22. An official aware of the matter told ET Telecom that 5G spectrum auctions are unlikely... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur December 14th, 2021 6:37 PM 3 COMMENTS

Bharti Airtel 4G Upload Speeds Up by 5.3% in November: TRAI

Bharti Airtel’s 4G network upload speeds increased by 5.3% in November 2021. The data has been shared by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI). At the same time, Vodafone Idea’s 4G network upload speeds improved by 8.9% in the same month. Both the telcos have been investing in their networks to compete head-on with the rival Reliance Jio. According to a PTI report, TRAI data showed that Jio’s 4G... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur December 13th, 2021 8:22 AM 8 COMMENTS

Airtel, Vi Don’t Like That USSD Services are Free for Customers

Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea (Vi) have conveyed to the Telecom Regulatory authority of India (TRAI) about their disappointment related to the zero tariffs for unstructured supplementary service data (USSD) based payment services and mobile banking. The telcos have said that zero tariffs would increase the cost pressure very significantly, and it is already a debt-laden sector which means it would be very bad for their business as well as... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur December 10th, 2021 1:07 PM 1 COMMENTS

5G FWA to Reduce Digital Divide in India: TRAI Chairman

5G is going to play a pivotal role in changing and developing all the sectors of the economy, said P D Vaghela, Chairman, TRAI. But most of all, 5G is going to help reduce the digital divide that exists in India today. While almost every urban city and its surrounding towns have mobile network access, there are many rural and remote regions in India that still don’t have access to... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur December 8th, 2021 9:51 AM 0 COMMENTS

TRAI Follows DoT in Ordering Starlink to Stop Selling Pre-Bookings

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has sent a letter to Starlink asking the SpaceX owned satellite broadband company to stop selling pre-bookings in India. As per an ET report, the regulator has said that due to not having necessary approvals and licenses, the company shouldn’t engage in any sort of telecom business and collect any related fee from the Indian consumers. The timing of the letter is a... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur December 8th, 2021 8:25 AM 29 COMMENTS

Jio, Airtel, Vi Users Can Now Port Out With Any Prepaid Plan

Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel, and Vodafone Idea (Vi) had made their prepaid plans with SMS benefits quite expensive. Users had to pay a substantial amount of money to buy a prepaid plan with SMS benefits just to be able to port out. But the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has changed that now. Telecom operators can no longer stop users from porting out with low-end prepaid plans. While the... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur December 4th, 2021 2:41 PM 0 COMMENTS

Why Do Telcos Want 5G Spectrum to Become More Affordable

After all that the government has done for the telcos in the recent months (announcement of relief measures, returning bank guarantees), the operators are looking for the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) to reduce the price of the 5G spectrum as well. The reserve price of multiple spectrum bands is expected to come down significantly. The reason why telcos want the 5G spectrum to be more affordable is because they are... Read More