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Bala Yogesh May 11th, 2020 7:38 PM 1 COMMENTS

Trai Asks Citizens to Exercise Caution while Joining Online Conference Through Audio Calls to Avoid Bill Shocks

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) on Monday in an advisory asked the citizens to exercise caution while joining online conferences through audio calls. In its advisory, Trai said that “few consumers” have disclosed to the authority that they received “bill shocks” while joining online conference platforms “inadvertently dialing international” numbers. Trai highlighted that several citizens have switched to online conferencing platforms due to extended COVID-19 lockdowns and it... Read More

Shrijan Soni May 9th, 2020 5:17 PM 5 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio Adds 6.5 Million New Subscribers in January 2020: Trai

Reliance Jio is aggressively expanding its subscriber base in India. The telco giant has added 6.5 million subscribers in January 2020. Even though Reliance Jio increased the tariff back in December 2019, subscribers accepted the increase rates and opted for the services of Reliance Jio. Talking about Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea, Airtel added 0.85 million users, whereas Vodafone Idea lost 3.62 million customers. As per the latest telco subscriber... Read More

Shrijan Soni May 7th, 2020 9:56 AM 1 COMMENTS

Telcos Ask Trai to Retain 50 Paise per Spam SMS Rule

Telecom operators Bharti Airtel, Reliance Jio, Vodafone Idea and Tata Communications have urged Trai to continue the 50 Paise Per Spam SMS rule to eliminate spam messages from telemarketers who are not registered. Trai rolled out the regime back in 2012 and mandated that Rs 50 Paise per SMS will be charged after 100 SMS per day and per SIM. Telecom operators addressed their views in a virtual open house... Read More

Bala Yogesh April 30th, 2020 3:53 PM 0 COMMENTS

BARC India Celebrates 5 Years of Delivering Ratings, Trai Knocks on its Doors for Revamp

The Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) India on Wednesday said on Twitter that it has completed five years of delivering ratings as it shared celebratory messages from its board members and industry experts. BARC India, the industry led body representing broadcasters, advertisers along with advertising and media agencies was accredited by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB) in 2015 to carry out television ratings in India. Meanwhile, the Telecom Regulatory... Read More

Bala Yogesh April 28th, 2020 3:54 PM 0 COMMENTS

Trai Recommends Revamp of TRP Measurement Body

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) on Tuesday said that structural reforms were required in the structure of Broadcast Audience Research Council India (BARC) for added transparency in the TRP measurement system. Trai also said that the rating agency should be mandated to increase the sample size to 60,000 by the end of 2020 from its existing size of 44,000. Further, as part of its recommendations on “Review of... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur April 28th, 2020 2:54 PM 5 COMMENTS

Supreme Court Denies the Plea for Free Calls, Data and DTH Facilities

A plea was made to the Supreme Court earlier this month which requested telecom service providers to give free calls and data to the customers. The appeal was sought after to help reduce the psychological stress a person is going through because of lockdown. The petition was filed by Advocate Manohar Pratap which requested Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) to ask the DTH service providers for giving free services... Read More

Shrijan Soni April 27th, 2020 1:09 PM 0 COMMENTS

Trai Will Not Issue New Directives on Prepaid Validity Extension for Telcos

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has stated that new directives will not be pushed for telecom operators such as Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Idea and Reliance Jio regarding the prepaid validity extension of their subscribers. Earlier, Trai directed the telcos to submit prepaid recharge patterns for creating a blueprint for prepaid subscribers to offer them seamless telecom services and benefits in the lockdown period. Trai announced the statement after... Read More

Chakri K April 22nd, 2020 12:03 PM 0 COMMENTS

Trai NTO 2.0: These Are the Complete Pay TV Channels Available on DTH Platforms

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) changed the landscape of broadcasting sector last year with the introduction of the National Tariff Order (NTO). The NTO 1.0 raised a lot of eyebrows in the industry because of several factors like sub-par implementation from operators, pricier channel scheme and not-so-impressive overall structure. However, Trai tweaked the NTO 1.0 and announced the National Tariff Order (NTO) 2.0 with several changes. The NTO... Read More

Sneha Bhardwaj April 19th, 2020 7:11 AM 3 COMMENTS

Trai Tariff Amendments Fail to Get Response from Cable TV Operators Like Hathway and Den Networks

It has been more than a month since the implementation of Trai National Tariff Order 2.0 by DTH operators. However, the NTO 2.0 by Trai failed to get a proper response from Cable TV operators- even the major ones. For instance, Hathway which is one of the popular Cable TV service providers in the country is yet to implement the new rules by Trai. Similarly, other Cable TV operators like... Read More

Bala Yogesh April 17th, 2020 6:22 PM 0 COMMENTS

Platform Services of Tata Sky, Airtel Digital TV and Dish TV in the Times of Lockdown

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) in November 2019 announced its recommendations on the platform services (PS) offered by Direct-to-home (DTH) operators which included capping of such services. In its recommendations, the authority suggested that the platform services be limited to 3% of the total channel carrying capacity of an operator and to a maximum of 15 service channels. While the industry opposed the recommendations from Trai, several months... Read More

Shrijan Soni April 17th, 2020 5:21 PM 0 COMMENTS

Trai Revises Fixed International Terminal Charges to Re 0.65 per Minute

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has released the 16th amendment of the Interconnect Usage Charge (IUC) Regulations. Trai has changed the provisions and rate of the fixed International Termination Charges (ITC). ITC charge, which was earlier prescribed at Re 0.30 per minute, has been changed to the prescribed regime of Re 0.35 per minute to Re 0.65 per minute. Also, Trai has marked that Access providers will offer... Read More

Shrijan Soni April 17th, 2020 1:38 PM 0 COMMENTS

Telcos Seek More Time from Trai for Submitting Prepaid Recharge Pattern Details

Last week, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) directed all the major telecom operators Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Idea and Reliance Jio to submit data on recharge pattern details. In response to the request as reported by ET Telecom, telcos have urged Trai to provide time till April 20, 2020, as the requested information is vast and compilation process would take more than 24 hours. Since the government of India... Read More