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Tanay Singh Thakur April 2nd, 2021 11:54 AM 1 COMMENTS

Trai Activates New SMS Regulation System, Everything to Know

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) yesterday released a circular informing about the activation of new SMS regulations. For the unaware, the new regulations are a part of the Telecom Commercial Communications Customer Preference Regulations (TCCCPR) order released on July 18, 2018. As per the rule, the telcos will verify and scrub through every SMS that a verified or registered business/institution is trying to send its customers. If the... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur March 27th, 2021 2:30 PM 1 COMMENTS

Trai Says SBI, HDFC and More Banks on SMS Regulations Defaulter List

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has shared a list of names in its defaulter list for registering with new SMS templates and following all the new regulations. According to an ET Telecom report, big names such as State Bank of India (SBI), ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank, Samsung, Life Insurance Corporation (LIC), and Delhivery are on the list of the regulator for not following the regulations. Some SMS aggregators... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur March 26th, 2021 12:39 PM 2 COMMENTS

SMS Blocking to Start from April 1 as Per Trai Orders

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has directed all the telcos to block the SMSes which don’t comply with the new regulations starting April 1, 2021. For the unaware, the telecom regulator had earlier implemented the message scrubbing and blocking system on March 8, which resulted in a majority of SMSes containing important information such as OTPs and more getting blocked. To ensure that the end customers were not... Read More

Chakri K March 22nd, 2021 9:46 PM 1 COMMENTS

Vodafone Idea’s Incorrect Subscriber Data Reporting is an Inadvertent Error, Says Trai

Vodafone Idea, which sent out incorrect subscriber data for the month of January 2021 to Trai, may be further questioned by the regulator if it feels the reason provided is not enough. Trai is also examining the error and even called it 'inadvertent,' reports Livemint. For the unaware, Vodafone Idea reported incorrect subscriber additions for the UP West telecom circle which surprised analysts. Trai's Monthly Subscription Report for January 2021... Read More

Chakri K March 22nd, 2021 10:47 AM 29 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio 4G Download Speed Dips for 2 Months Straight, Vi Gains in February: Trai

The Trai has updated its 'MySpeed' portal for February 2021. The Trai data says Reliance Jio saw its average 4G download speed decline for the second month in a row. However, it is still the leading operator when it comes to 4G speeds. Reliance Jio achieved an average 4G download speed of 15.4 Mbps, which is down from 17.9 Mbps in January 2021 and 20.2 Mbps in December 2020. Trai... Read More

Chakri K March 21st, 2021 10:54 AM 9 COMMENTS

Vodafone Idea Reportedly Sent Incorrect Subscriber Addition Number to Trai for January

The Trai recently released the telecom subscription data for the month of January 2021. In the report, the sector regulator said struggling telco Vodafone Idea (Vi) managed to add 1.7 million new subscribers. As it turns out, Vi has reportedly confirmed to Financial Express that the numbers sent out to Trai for January are incorrect. The report says the telco plotted the data incorrectly for the UP West telecom circles.... Read More

Chakri K March 17th, 2021 8:46 PM 65 COMMENTS

Bharti Airtel is the New Reliance Jio, Adds 5.8 Million Users in January: Trai

Telecom operator Bharti Airtel has added a whopping 5.8 million new subscribers in January 2021, the latest Monthly Subscription report from Trai said. In the past, we have seen Reliance Jio adding such a massive number of subscribers in a single month, and now, Airtel has taken its position. The Mukesh Ambani-owned Jio has managed to grab just 1.9 million new users during the month. The Trai data shows Vodafone... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur March 17th, 2021 2:00 PM 0 COMMENTS

5G Airwaves Too Expensive, DoT May Go After Trai for Price Reduction

The pricing of 5G airwaves has been termed as ‘unaffordable’ by telcos in the past. To ensure a smooth 5G roll out across the nation, the floor prices set by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) need to be reduced. According to a Livemint report, the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) is likely to have a chat about the same with the regulator. In the recently concluded spectrum auctions for... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur March 17th, 2021 11:48 AM 1 COMMENTS

Telcos to Start Filtering SMS Today, No Message Blocking Anymore

Through its letter on Tuesday, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has asked the telcos to start filtering the SMSes from March 17, 2021. However, the regulator has asked the telcos not to block any message even if it doesn’t comply with the necessary template rules. According to an ET Telecom report, businesses won’t have to worry about facing message blocking issues for now. The last time the regulator... Read More

Chakri K March 16th, 2021 10:43 AM 1 COMMENTS

5G in India: DoT Likely to Ask Trai to Lower Prices of Airwaves

The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) will reportedly approach the telecom regulator Trai to reduce the minimum prices set for the auction of 5G airwaves in the country. A person aware of the matter told Livemint that the DoT would soon ask Trai to reconsider the prices of 5G airwaves and the 700 MHz band spectrum that went unsold in the last two spectrum auctions. In the past, we have seen... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur March 10th, 2021 2:30 PM 2 COMMENTS

SMS Regulations Suspended for One Week: Trai

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has suspended the SMS regulations on Tuesday, which came into effect just a day before. Because of the SMS regulations, a ton of SMSes carrying important data such as Railways ticket bookings, OTPs, Aadhar authentication, and more weren’t being delivered to the customers. To ensure that the end customer doesn’t have to pay for the relaxed behaviour of businesses on implementing the new... Read More

Chakri K February 24th, 2021 10:27 PM 2 COMMENTS

Trai Says Locally Made Telecom and Broadcast Gear Will Make India a $5 Trillion Economy

Amid rising tensions between India and China, the Trai has now called for suggestions to push the locally made gear in the telecom and broadcasting sectors. As you might be aware of already, Chinese gear makers like ZTE and Huawei may not take part in India's telecom sector anymore. Already, telcos like Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea are switching to other gear makers like Ericsson and Nokia. The Government of... Read More