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Chakri K December 23rd, 2020 8:38 PM 25 COMMENTS

Bharti Airtel Adds 3.67 Million New Users in October, Beats Jio Comfortably: Trai Data

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) released Telecom Subscription Data as on October 31, 2020. During the month, Bharti Airtel again managed to beat Reliance Jio in monthly subscriber additions, and the story of Vodafone Idea remains the same. According to Trai, Airtel added 3.67 million new customers in October, whereas Jio managed to add just 2.22 million users. Vodafone Idea, on the other hand, lost 2.65 million existing... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur December 16th, 2020 2:20 PM 22 COMMENTS

4G Spectrum Auctions Might Take Place in March, 2021

The 4G spectrum auctions might take place in March 2021. The Cabinet has a meeting scheduled on Wednesday wherein it might consider the request made by the telecom department for the auctioning of 4G spectrum. As per a report from ET Telecom, one of the officials related to the matter believes that 4G spectrum auction is likely to happen in March next year. Whereas, for the auction of 5G spectrum,... Read More

Chakri K December 15th, 2020 9:25 AM 53 COMMENTS

Jio Approaches Trai for Anti-Competitive MNP Campaign Run by Rivals, Airtel Calls it Baseless

Leading telecom operator Reliance Jio has approached the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) asking to take 'strict action' against Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea. The Mukesh Ambani-led telco says Airtel and Vi are running 'unethical and anti-competitive MNP campaign' touting that it will benefit from the three agricultural bills passed by the Parliament. Right after Jio writing to Trai, Bharti Airtel termed the charge by Jio as 'baseless.' Vodafone Idea,... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur December 10th, 2020 6:00 PM 11 COMMENTS

Put All the Available 5G Spectrum in Auction to Avoid Scarcity: Trai Secretary

Addressing the nation at the Indian Mobile Congress (IMC) 2020, SK Gupta, Secretary of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) said that the telecom department needs to ensure adequate availability of 5G spectrum at an affordable price for the telcos. This is so that Indian telecom service providers (TSPs) can test 5G for India specific use cases as soon as possible. Gupta said that he is aware of the... Read More

Chakri K December 9th, 2020 9:17 PM 0 COMMENTS

Cabinet Approves WANI Project: Aims at Delivering Broadband Speeds to Every User via Public Wi-Fis

The Cabinet has finally approved the WANI project which has been in the trial phase for several years. Recommended by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai), the WANI project aims at delivering broadband connectivity speeds to every user through the public Wi-Fi hotspots at affordable rates. As part of WANI, any entity (company, proprietorship, societies, non-profits, etc.) should easily be able to set up a paid public Wi-Fi Access... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur December 5th, 2020 12:29 PM 25 COMMENTS

Telecom Operators Need to Submit Details of Segmented Offers By December 20, 2020: Trai

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has asked the telcos to submit the details about all the segmented offers provided to the users between the January and November period in 2020. A few weeks back, the Supreme Court of India had asked both Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea to submit all the details regarding the segmented offers they were making to their users. General Solicitor Tushar Mehta representing Trai... Read More

Chakri K December 3rd, 2020 9:16 PM 14 COMMENTS

JioFiber Subscriber Base Increased by 3 Lakh, BSNL Lost 1.8 Lakh Broadband Users in September

Mukesh Ambani's JioFiber wired broadband service has added three lakh new customers during September 2020, the latest data from Trai suggests. Next to JioFiber is Bharti Airtel's Xstream Fiber service that added just over 66,000 new users. State-run BSNL lost over 1.8 lakh existing customers during the same period. Just a few days ago, we reported that BSNL managed to add around 87,000 new broadband users in October. So it... Read More

Chakri K December 3rd, 2020 8:09 PM 36 COMMENTS

Bharti Airtel Adds Twofold Subscribers Than Reliance Jio in September: Trai

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) released the Telecom Subscription Data report for September 2020. For the second straight month, Bharti Airtel has outperformed Reliance Jio by adding 3.77 million new users compared to 1.46 million new users added by the latter. The report also highlighted that Airtel ended the month with 326.61 million subscribers under its belt, whereas Jio tops the chart with 404.13 million users. Vodafone Idea... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur November 26th, 2020 2:45 PM 13 COMMENTS

Jio and BSNL Only Add Subscribers YoY Basis in 2019: Trai Report

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) recently released a new yearly service performance report for 2019. As per the report, only Reliance Jio and Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) added new subscribers in year-on-year (YoY) basis in 2019. Rest other telcos such as Vodafone Idea (Vi) and Bharti Airtel lost millions of subscribers. Trai data suggests that Reliance Jio added around 90.9 million new users in 2019, which took... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur November 25th, 2020 12:15 PM 7 COMMENTS

Dialling a ‘0’ Mandatory While Calling Via Fixed Line to Mobile Number from January 2021: DoT

The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has said that the users will now have to dial a ‘0’ before entering the mobile number when calling through a fixed landline connection. But this rule isn’t applicable as of yet. The DoT has said through a circular that the new rule will come into effect from January 1, 2021. This decision taken by DoT is so that a space for a fresh number... Read More

Chakri K November 25th, 2020 9:31 AM 4 COMMENTS

Trai Imposes Rs 35 Crore Penalty on 8 Telcos for Allowing Fake SMSes by Cybercriminals

Telecom operators in India face the heat yet again from Trai as the regulator slaps around Rs 35 crore penalty for allowing cybercriminals to send fake SMSes to the subscribers which led to digital payment frauds. The top telcos have distorted the volume of spam calls and messages on their networks, says Trai according to ET Telecom. The highest penalty of Rs 30.1 crore was levied on the government-owned BSNL.... Read More

Chakri K November 18th, 2020 10:46 AM 20 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio Asks Trai to Hold Periodic Spectrum Auctions

India's largest telecom operator Reliance Jio has asked the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) to hold periodic spectrum auctions. The Mukesh Ambani-owned telco says periodic auctions will help telcos meet their network requirements and also removes the hassle of waiting for radiowaves to upgrade the network infrastructure. This is the second time in the last two months we saw Reliance Jio approaching government bodies regarding the lack of frequent... Read More