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Bala Yogesh August 26th, 2020 7:11 PM 2 COMMENTS

Broadband Service Providers in India Add 360,000 Subscribers in May

Internet Service Providers (ISPs) across India added 360,000 subscribers in May, 2020, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) highlighted in its report on Wednesday. According to the Trai data, the wired broadband service providers across India registered a combined subscriber base of 19.38 million as on May 31, 2020. In April, the wired broadband service providers recorded a combined subscriber base of 19.02 million representing an 1.88% monthly growth... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur August 26th, 2020 5:36 PM 56 COMMENTS

Telcos Lose Out on 5.6 Million Wireless Subscribers in May 2020: Trai Report

It has been a tough time for the telecom sector of India. With the pandemic and several lockdowns, telcos have been operating in losses. But it is not the same with Reliance Jio. While major telcos such as Vodafone Idea Limited and Bharti Airtel lost wireless subscribers, Reliance Jio gained a lot of them and surprisingly with it, BSNL also saw an increase in the number of subscribers on the... Read More

Bala Yogesh August 20th, 2020 6:44 PM 0 COMMENTS

Trai Issues Consultation Paper for Promoting and Enhancing Broadband Connectivity in India

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) on Thursday issued a consultation paper for promoting and enhancing broadband connectivity across the country. The authority through the “Roadmap to Promote Broadband Connectivity and Enhanced Broadband Speed” consultation paper intends to seek inputs of stakeholders on “defining fixed and mobile broadband” and other elements of broadband connectivity. In a release, Trai highlighted that expanding the high speed reliable broadband connectivity across the... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur August 20th, 2020 11:29 AM 1 COMMENTS

Trai Chairman: Investment on Digital Infrastructure Required for the Growth of Country

Chairman of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai), R S Sharma said that investment in the digital infrastructure of the country is very important for its growth. One of the key ways to do that is to push the installation of fixed broadband and fibre-to-the-home internet connections. They will only help people in maximising the benefits they receive from their gadgets. Sharma also talked about leveraging 5G in the... Read More

Bala Yogesh August 19th, 2020 3:43 PM 0 COMMENTS

Trai Sets August 26 Deadline for Broadcasters to Comply with NTO 2.0

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) on Tuesday directed the broadcasters to publish the maximum retail prices per month of its channels by August 26, 2020. The authority in its directions said that the broadcasters should publish the new prices reflecting the second amendments issued by Trai to the New Tariff Order (NTO). The second amendment to the NTO dubbed as NTO 2.0 was introduced by Trai in early... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur August 8th, 2020 1:48 PM 21 COMMENTS

Vodafone and Airtel Registered Increased 4G Download Speed During July 2020: Trai

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) released data of 4G download speeds for the telcos. The report is for the month of July 2020 and it highlights that Vodafone and Airtel have registered higher 4G download speeds than the previous month’s speeds. Idea, on the other hand, reported a dip in speed while Reliance Jio records identical speed as of June 2020. The data can be found in the... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur August 7th, 2020 7:19 PM 0 COMMENTS

Trai Consumer Outreach Programme Conducted Online Witnessed a Large Number of Participants

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) ensures that everyone in the telecom industry is doing a fair business. It looks after the consumer rights and spreads awareness about the new rules set by telcos. Today, Trai conducted an online consumer outreach programme which witnessed a large number of people participating. The programme was conducted through the regional office of Trai in Bhopal. This is not the first time Trai... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur August 7th, 2020 11:13 AM 0 COMMENTS

Trai Channel Selector Mobile App: Optimise Your Monthly DTH Subscription Bill

Our smartphones are loaded with a ton of apps. There are different apps for different purposes. The sole aim of these apps is to make your life easy. Now you can do most of the things sitting in your home with these apps for which you had to go out and stand in lines for hours a few years back. Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) is offering its own... Read More

Bala Yogesh August 4th, 2020 2:24 PM 1 COMMENTS

Multiple Cable TV Operators Across India Unveil Updated NCF Under Trai NTO 2.0

Hathway Cable and Datacom, Den Networks and GTPL Hathway have unveiled the updated Network Capacity Fee (NCF) charges with reduced prices for Multi TV connections. The updated NCF of the three Cable TV operators reflects the amendments introduced by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) to the National Tariff Order dubbed as NTO 2.0. Introduced in January, 2020, the NTO 2.0 enables users to save more on their cable... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur August 3rd, 2020 4:47 PM 16 COMMENTS

Bharti Airtel and VIL Questioned by Trai Over Differential Network Speeds

Vodafone Idea Limited (VIL) and Bharti Airtel are both being questioned by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) over their differential broadband speed plans. Both the telcos were earlier questioned on their Priority 4G Network offer which claimed to give customers a priority in speed than any normal customer . Now the regulatory has further questioned both Bharti Airtel and VIL about their differential broadband speed plans. It has... Read More

Shrijan Soni July 27th, 2020 12:54 PM 0 COMMENTS

TEMA Backs Trai on Removing Unsolicited Commercial Communication for Customers Privacy

Telecom Equipment Manufacturing Association (TEMA) has backed up Trai’s initiative of blocking unwanted pesky calls and messages from unregistered telemarketers. Since the mobile penetration in India in increasing, TEMA has asked the telecom regulator to freeze on UCC for wanted and unwanted customers completely. As the government has announced the lockdown period to combat the deadly virus, the usage of smartphones increased, which further increased the chances of cybercrimes and... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur July 24th, 2020 7:36 PM 22 COMMENTS

TRAI: Telcos Lose 82,31,591 Subscribers In the Month of April 2020

As per a report from Telecom Regulatory of India (Trai), telcos have lost more than 82 lakh wireless subscribers (2G, 3G, 4G) in the month of April 2020. It is surprising since during that month India was in a strict lockdown. Ideally, more people should have subscribed instead of dropping out. In the month of March 2020, there were a total of 1,157.75 million wireless subscribers. But at the end... Read More