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December 4th, 2019 6:30 AM 4 COMMENTS

Trai Finalises New MNP Regime Date But Users Will Not be Able to Port for Six Days

With such a competitive telecom industry, if there is one service that the telecom subscribers are bound to use a lot, it is the service of Mobile Number Portability (MNP). It is worth noting that Mobile Number Portability is one of the most popular service requests of the subscribers, which allows them to change their network operator without changing their number. This removes the hassle of switching your contact. However,... Read More

November 29th, 2019 1:35 PM 2 COMMENTS

Trai to Keep Tight Check on Rampant Offers from Telecom Operators

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has been very active lately with its consultation papers to introduce new reforms and changes for the consumers. While a lot of these consultation papers have been aimed at the DTH industry, a consultation paper has made its way into the industry from Trai which concerns the telecom operators and it has to do with the rampant offerings from the telecom operators. This... Read More

November 28th, 2019 12:37 PM 3 COMMENTS

Trai Removes Floor Pricing Agenda from Discussion as Telcos Set to Raise Tariffs

There were a lot of talks in the industry about the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) moving on to set floor pricing, something that would decide a bottom limit for the tariffs in the industry and force the telcos probably to increase their pricing. However, as per a new ET report on the matter now the discussion about setting a floor pricing is off the table as the Department... Read More

November 27th, 2019 1:06 PM 29 COMMENTS

Trai Might Want Subscribers to Keep Paying 6 Paise Per Minute IUC for Two More Years

The telecom industry has been caught in a bit of tussle right now, and as is the case with any business, the effects of the industry are making their way to the consumers as well. Here, we are talking about some of the reeling changes that the telecom industry is seeing in the latest turn of events. The first of them happens to be the tariff hike which will begin... Read More

November 21st, 2019 5:18 PM 3 COMMENTS

Set-Top Box Interoperability, Unified Numbering System and Other Changes Which Trai May Bring Soon

As always, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) is planning some major changes for both the telecom and DTH sectors. The Trai tariff regime for the broadcasting sector introduced earlier this year did not receive a positive response from the citizens and the regulator is already working on to implement new changes. At the same time, Trai also issued a consultation paper on a unified number system which was... Read More

November 20th, 2019 11:10 AM 16 COMMENTS

Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea Lost Over 5 Million Subscribers Together in September: Trai Data

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) today revealed 'Telecom Subscription Data as on September 30, 2019.' Going by the latest report, the total number of telephone subscribers in India increased from 1,191.81 million at the end of August 2019 to 1,195.24 million at the end of September 2019, showing a monthly growth rate of 0.29%. During the same month, Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea combinedly lost over five million... Read More

November 15th, 2019 7:57 PM 27 COMMENTS

Jio Wants Trai to Reduce 6 Paise IUC Charges If Not a Complete Removal

Reliance Jio is making headlines yet again as the telco entered into battle once more with incumbent telcos Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea regarding Interconnect Usage Charges (IUC). Earlier today, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) conducted an Open House discussion on Consultation Paper on “Review of Interconnection Usage Charges.” During this discussion, Reliance Jio urged that there are no reasons in delaying the zero-IUC regime as the voice... Read More

November 13th, 2019 7:16 PM 2 COMMENTS

Tata Sky, Dish TV and Other DTH Ops Will Pay Registration Fees and Set Limit on Platform Services

Out of all the issues going on in the DTH industry of India, one of the platform issues has also snowballed into a big one. There has been a struggle going on between the broadcasters and the DTH service providers over the platform services for which the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) had to intervene. Trai floated a consultation, a while back on which it invited comments from the... Read More

November 13th, 2019 1:06 PM 1 COMMENTS

DTH and Cable TV Operators Refuse to Accept Less Amount for Carrying Channels

With the DTH industry going in circles and circles over the regulations, the relationships between DTH operators and the broadcasters have also gone a little sour as the new rules from the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) have penetrated the workings of these broadcasters and Distribution Platform Operators (DPOs). Now, a new issue has come up in the industry related to the capping of carriage costs of the channels... Read More

November 11th, 2019 7:02 PM 2 COMMENTS

Trai Finishes Lab Testing of Interoperable Set-Top Boxes, Public Rollout Expected Soon

Out of the many issues that have been circling in the DTH industry, something that has not been heard of since the last few weeks is DTH interoperability. While other major issues in the DTH industry have been making the headlines, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has not forgotten about the issue of DTH Set-Top Box interoperability and has been working on that front behind the scenes. Now,... Read More

November 11th, 2019 1:09 PM 1 COMMENTS

Trai Floats New Consultation Paper on Review of IUC Regulations and International Termination Charges

There has been a big debate going on in the Indian telecom industry about the Interconnection Usage Charges (IUC). Although IUC sounds like a matter which not many of the consumers would care to know about, the situation of the industry has become such that they have to be concerned about it now. This is courtesy of the latest telecom entrant, Reliance Jio which is now directly charging IUC from... Read More

November 8th, 2019 7:07 PM 8 COMMENTS

Trai Says Customers Will Be Able to Port SIM in Two Days After December 16

The subscribers in the telecom industry who have ported a SIM know that currently the porting process has been designed such that it takes at least seven days to port a SIM from one operator to other. However, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has been working on the regulations related to Mobile Number Portability (MNP) to reduce this time required by the MNP service providers and the telecom... Read More

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