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Tanay Singh Thakur

Bharti Airtel Offering Cheapest SMS Bundled Prepaid Plan

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, … Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur

TRAI Data Shows 7.29 Million MNP Requests in October 2021

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 … Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur

5G Rollout Expected to be Delayed Further in India

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 … Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur

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

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, … Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur

Why Do Telcos Want 5G Spectrum to Become More Affordable

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 … Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur

DoT Might Go Against Satcom Industry Wishes and Auction the Spectrum

DoT Might Go Against Satcom Industry Wishes and Auction the Spectrum

With new satellite communications (satcom) players entering the Indian market next year, the need for high-frequency spectrum would be shared by both satcom players and terrestrial network service providers. The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) is planning to conduct a spectrum auction next year for both the satcom and terrestrial network … Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur

DoT to Reduce Revenues for Sustainability of Telecom Sector

DoT to Reduce Revenues for Sustainability of Telecom Sector

The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) is looking to bring balance to the sector. While the spectrum auctions are a great way for the government to earn big revenues, it affects the telecom sector negatively. In the consultation paper released for the 5G spectrum by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India … Read More

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