The new tariff regime rules charted out by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) bring some heavy changes related to the DTH and the cable TV industry. This basically means that the consumers will see changes going forward in a few days. The new rules kick-off on March 1. Some of the major changes include the pricing of channels and the rules which define the curation of the channel... Read More
Earlier this Wednesday, Trai strongly defended their spectrum pricing and especially noted that the pricing had been finalised after taking into the industry feedback. Trai stuck to their prices and said that it depends upon the interest of individual stakeholder and their decision whether they want to take part in the auction or not. After the announcement by Trai, minister of Telecom and IT Sanjay Dhotre mentioned the Rajya Sabha... Read More
Trai's National Tariff Order 2.0 implementation might be delayed further as Bombay High Court postpones the hearing for IBF vs Trai matter to February 26. On January 1, Trai announced new amendments to tariff regime which is heavily opposed by broadcasters. Seeking relief for broadcasters, IBF or Indian Broadcasting Foundation approached Bombay High Court and the hearing has been pending for the last four weeks. On January 30, the Bombay... Read More
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) will soon implement the National Tariff Order (NTO) 2.0 for DTH and Cable TV subscribers. NTO 2.0 will bring a lot of changes and fix some major flaws of NTO 1.0, which became effective last year. Right after the introduction of National Tariff Order 1.0, a lot of DTH and Cable TV users stopped renewing their monthly subscription due to various reasons like... Read More
Telecom regulator Trai always urged it wanted to maintain "transparency" in the broadcasting sector with the National Tariff Order. However, the NTO 1.0 failed to make a mark in the industry due to various reasons like increased monthly subscription prices, the sub-par implementation from operators, pricier individual channels, broadcasters playing with bouquet packs and so on. The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India is now aiming to fix these issues and... Read More
A lot of TV viewers in India right now are waiting for the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) to implement the National Tariff Order (NTO) 2.0 at the earliest. Trai is all set to bring a lot of changes to the current tariff regime, which became effective last year. NTO 1.0 forced a lot of TV subscribers to move away from their Cable TV and DTH subscriptions because of... Read More
Telecom operators Bharti Airtel, Reliance Jio Infocomm and Vodafone Idea sparred on Monday with ILDOs such Tata Communications and Spectra over revenue sharing of international call termination charges. In an open discussion on the issue of International Call Termination charges, Trai sought the view of stakeholders whether to continue fixed ITC regime or move on to a variable pricing mechanism. Several of the telecom operators argued for raising the ITC from... Read More
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) is adamant on implementing its new rules in the DTH and broadcasting industry. After a lot of open house discussions and inviting comments on the idea of corrections on the Trai tariff regime, the regulator has finally decided on the new rules that till traverse the industry and bring in new reeling changes for the subscribers and stakeholders alike. However, the industry is... Read More
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) announced amendments to the tariff regime and was supposed to implement the new rules on March 1. As part of the same National Tariff Order (NTO) 2.0, Trai urged broadcasters to announce new channel prices by January 15. However, broadcasters approached the respective local courts going against the NTO 2.0. The court has postponed various hearings and the next one will take place on... Read More
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has brought new rules into the DTH, and broadcasting industry and these new rules affect the pricing of the channels which broadcasters are shipping. However, the broadcasters have not taken these new rules as positive, and they are opposed to the implementation of these new rules. Now the matter has been pending in the Bombay HC, where a hearing was to be held.... Read More
Things have surely changed in a year in the DTH industry of India. Last year during the same time, the subscribers were left scratching their heads as to what they should do about their TV connection. While the Trai was done implementing the new Tariff Regime or the National Tariff Order, the responsibility was on the DTH operators, cable TV operators and the consumers to make the shift to the... Read More
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) floats many consultation papers in a year, and it manages to solidify rules and regulations based on the inputs on these consultation papers. The inputs come from stakeholders in the industry. One such important consultation paper in the telecom industry is the paper on the formation of a multi-stakeholder governance body that will advise the government on monitoring and applying net neutrality rules.... Read More
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