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Arpit Sharma July 2nd, 2021 5:00 AM 1 COMMENTS

TRAI Tariff Order Update: Why You Might Have to Pay More for Your DTH

The National Tariff Order, which arrived on the subscribers’ doorstep at the start of last year, brought a barrage of mixed reactions. If there was something after the beginning of the Set-Top-Box revolution, it was the NTO from TRAI which absolutely changed the way people were using DTH connections. The tariff order from TRAI changed the pricing of the channels, the base packs, and everything else. However, the TRAI order... Read More

Bala Yogesh June 23rd, 2021 3:26 PM 5 COMMENTS

Reliance Dials JioPhone for Growth, Jio Momentum Unlikely to Sustain Say Analysts

Bharti Airtel, the second largest wireless operator in India is “not affected” with the momentum generated by the JioPhone in March, says Motilal Oswal Financial Services. The Indian diversified financial services firm in a report on Saturday said that Reliance Jio, the largest wireless operator in India received a “boost from the launch of JioPhone.” Motilal Oswal said the “JioPhone effect” enabled the largest wireless operator to “revive” its user... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur June 18th, 2021 7:55 PM 120 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio Displayed Phenomenal Subscriber Growth in March 2021: TRAI Report

Reliance Jio, the number one telecom operator of India, has regained its subscriber addition rate as the telco outperformed its major competitor Bharti Airtel in March 2021. The telco added the most number of subscribers and beat Bharti Airtel by a long margin during the month. According to the Monthly report from the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), Jio added 79,18,129 (close to 8 million) subscribers in March 2021.... Read More

Shloke Sarkar June 16th, 2021 9:34 PM 60 COMMENTS

Vodafone Idea Ahead of Airtel, Jio in Upload Speeds: TRAI

Reliance Jio on Wednesday continued to maintain the leadership that it has held in terms of 4G speeds, with 20.7 megabits per second average download speeds, with Vodafone Idea topping the charts in terms of the upload speeds with 6.7 Mbps data speed in May, according to the latest data that has been published by the telecom regulator TRAI. The speeds for Reliance Jio's 4G network had marginally risen but... Read More

Shloke Sarkar June 16th, 2021 6:51 PM 0 COMMENTS

TRAI Extends Channel Selector Service by Adding Web Version

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India or TRAI on Wednesday launched what can be said to be an extended version of its Channel Selector App, under the moniker of the TV Channel Selector, which is a new web portal created keeping the consumer and its needs in mind. In case you missed it, TRAI had announced a TV Channel Selector App back in 2020 with the intention to aid users... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur June 7th, 2021 11:08 AM 0 COMMENTS

TRAI to Help in Deciding Spectrum Bands Apt for Satellite Broadband Companies

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) will be helping the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) in coming up with the norms that need to come into place to regulate the satellite broadband companies. The telecom department has asked the sector regulator to unveil a comprehensive discussion paper that will focus on creating a new licensing framework for the low earth orbit (LEO) operators. As per an ET Telecom report, TRAI... Read More

Shloke Sarkar May 26th, 2021 8:25 PM 14 COMMENTS

Telcos ARPUs Drop Due to Lack of IUC Despite Strong Quarter

Earlier this year, the interconnect usage charge or IUC was withdrawn, which also resulted in dragging down the average revenue per user or ARPU of major telecom companies. This comes as a bit of surprise since most of them had reported major user additions during the January-March quarter, as per India Ratings and Research. As per the data released by TRAI or the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, the country's... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur May 25th, 2021 1:00 PM 3 COMMENTS

Vodafone Idea Does Not Call Users to Make Technical Mobile Upgrades: TRAI

Vodafone Idea (Vi) does not call users to make any technical upgrades to their mobiles. This is a warning that the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) is sending out to users across the nation. The telecom regulator has warned users that if they receive such calls, be cautious of them since they are fraud in nature and might also attract unusually high call charges. TRAI has specifically pointed out... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur May 24th, 2021 11:19 AM 2 COMMENTS

TRAI Needs to Lower Reserve Price of 5G Spectrum

For the industry to proceed ahead with the 5G developments peacefully, the telcos need to know the new reserve price of the 5G spectrum (3300 MHz - 3600 MHz). There is no doubt that the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) will cut the reserve price of the 5G spectrum; the only question is what will be the final price. The telcos need the 5G spectrum at an affordable rate... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur May 12th, 2021 11:22 AM 45 COMMENTS

Vodafone Idea Beats Market Expectations, Adds Subscribers

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) recently released its monthly report for February 2021, highlighting the performance of the telecom service providers (TSPs). In a surprising turn of events, Vodafone Idea (Vi) finally added net subscribers at the end of the month, and hopefully, this time, it is not an error in the numbers provided by the telco. Further, Bharti Airtel lost its rally of adding more subscribers than... Read More

Shloke Sarkar April 27th, 2021 11:55 PM 0 COMMENTS

Jio, Airtel and Vi Witness Higher AGR in the December Quarter

The Q3 of FY2020-21 was good for the telecom industry. All the private operators of the country, including Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea (Vi), saw higher adjusted gross revenue (AGR) quarter-on-quarter (QoQ). As per the data released by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai), the private operators of India saw sequential AGR gains during the December quarter. To be precise, the overall telecom industry witnessed an AGR... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur April 4th, 2021 4:00 PM 13 COMMENTS

TRAI Aiming to Enhance Prepaid and Postpaid Plans for Customers: Report

There are a ton of prepaid and postpaid plans on offer from the telecom service providers (TSPs) in India. Multiple plans from either of the telcos fall in the same or nearby price range and offer similar benefits. The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) might soon conduct a survey seeking the answers for a perfect tariff plan. What would be a perfect tariff plan anyway? One that fulfils the... Read More