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Arpit Sharma January 30th, 2020 12:42 PM 9 COMMENTS

Trai Runs Into Dilemma Over Regulation of OTT Applications Like WhatsApp and Facebook

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) is the highest authority when it comes to rules and regulations in the telecom industry. Apart from this, Trai also has its hands in the DTH and broadcasting industry and regulates these sectors as well. However, since the past few years, there have been discussions going on about the regulation of the OTT applications as well. The OTT applications like WhatsApp, Facebook and... Read More

Arpit Sharma January 29th, 2020 12:43 PM 1 COMMENTS

Trai NTO Changes Bring Many New Rules But NCF Pricing Is the Best Of All

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has charted a direction for the DTH and broadcasting industry with the rollout of the new National Tariff Order, or the National Tariff Order 2.0. These are nothing but the amendments by Trai which the regulator has pondered upon in the last year and then rolled them out after a lot of deliberation. These rules will become effective on March 1 across the... Read More

Arpit Sharma January 28th, 2020 12:30 PM 0 COMMENTS

This is What the New Trai DTH Rule Changes Bring For the DTH and Cable TV Industry

The new changes that will take form in the DTH and broadcasting industry in India are actually amendments to the previously introduced Trai tariff regime or the National Tariff Order (NTO) which had come into effect in February 2019. One year later, Trai is now on the task of introducing some major changes to the rules which define how the prices of the channels, the channel bouquets and the overall... Read More

Arpit Sharma January 25th, 2020 6:46 AM 9 COMMENTS

Trai Reduces Channel Price Cap to Rs 12 From Rs 19 But Will it Help the Consumers

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) and its agenda in the DTH industry has been consumer transparency and fair pricing. All the steps that Trai has taken in the last few years have been to accomplish this only. Of course, the last major step in this was the introduction of the Trai tariff regime, or the National Tariff Order (NTO). But, now we are getting to see a second... Read More

Arpit Sharma January 23rd, 2020 12:56 PM 1 COMMENTS

Trai Tariff Regime and Frequent Rule Changes Have Taken Stability for a Toss: Broadcasters

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has been making many changes to the DTH and broadcasting industry back to back since the rollout of the Tariff Regime in 2019. While at the start of the last year, Trai rolled out its National Tariff Order (NTO), barely a year later, Trai is again at the hem of the industry with a second version of the NTO which it is calling... Read More

Arpit Sharma January 22nd, 2020 6:39 PM 0 COMMENTS

Trai Suggests Unbundling of Infrastructure to Ease Situation of Telcos

The telecom industry has been under massive distress. The latest in the list of financial burdens over the telecom industry is the Rs 1.47 lakh crore dues which the telecom companies have to pay to the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) for license fees, Spectrum Usage charges (SUC) and more. However, all of this has also got the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) worried as well. The sector regulator which... Read More

Arpit Sharma January 21st, 2020 11:24 AM 3 COMMENTS

Trai Says Only Two Private Telcos in Industry is a Risky Affair

As per the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) and one of its top officials, a situation where there are only two private telecom operators leading to a duopoly could be a dangerous situation for the industry, ET Telecom reported. The Trai official who decided to be anonymous added that Trai has already suggested some of the relief measures to the government which include a reduction in Spectrum Usage Charges... Read More

Arpit Sharma January 21st, 2020 6:27 AM 1 COMMENTS

Trai Tariff Regime Dented the DTH Industry But Subscribers Are Starting to Come Back

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has made very rapid changes to the rules which govern the broadcasting and the DTH industry in India. This has not gone well with the broadcasters and the DTH service providers. Largely, the stakeholders have been reluctant for the new changes that Trai proposes. Although Trai pushes the stakeholders towards innovation and better consumer-centric practices, the move with the Trai tariff regime in... Read More

Chakri K January 20th, 2020 6:04 PM 4 COMMENTS

Trai Should Intervene With Minimum Type of Things, Says COAI

The Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) says the sector regulator Trai should intervene only with the minimum type of things unless there's a major breakdown in the telecom industry. Last month, Trai floated a new consultation paper for setting floor pricing in the industry. The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) always said that it doesn't want to intervene in the tariff segment and always let telcos decide their... Read More

Chakri K January 20th, 2020 3:44 PM 0 COMMENTS

Tata Sky Asked to Make Refund for Bust Sony Channels from 2018

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has ordered DTH operator Tata Sky to provide full refund to the customers for not providing Sony Pictures Networks India (SPNI) channels for a brief period back in 2018. To recall, Tata Sky entered into a battle with SPNI in the last quarter of 2018 over content renewal deal. Thanks to this fight, Tata Sky users were unable to watch any Sony Network... Read More

Arpit Sharma January 19th, 2020 6:30 AM 1 COMMENTS

Trai New Multi TV Policy Reduces Attractiveness of D2h and Dish TV Connections

Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has already laid out the new rules of the game for the DTH industry. While the broadcasters are not pleased with the new regulations of the industry and are vehemently opposing the new rules, the consumers are rejoicing on some relief which they have received on the pricing front when it comes to the DTH connections. One of the areas which Trai has patched... Read More

Arpit Sharma January 17th, 2020 6:40 AM 1 COMMENTS

Trai Deadline for Furnishing New Channel Prices Skipped by Broadcasters

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) put forth a very intriguing announcement on the first day of the year, which was not liked by the broadcasters in India. Since the start of the year, the broadcasters and channel owners in India have been resentful of the National Tariff Order 2.0 or the changes which have been made to the Trai tariff regime by Trai. These changes, as per the... Read More