The telecom industry in India remains buried under a massive debt which now surpasses Rs 8 lakh crore. The concerns in the industry about the financial health of the sector have been rising day by day, and the companies are not the only ones concerned now. The financial situation of the industry is in such a situation that even the government had to do some intervention in this regard. The... Read More
The talks about the Interconnect Usage Charges (IUC) have been raging in the industry. Mainly, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has a lot of decisions to make on the matter. In the past, the issue has been surrounded by much controversy, and it still remains one of the most heated arguments in the telecom industry. Also, this is not the first time that talks of the IUC regime... Read More
In a telecom industry which is going through many waves and cycles, the consumers are finding it hard to stick with one telecom operator. A while ago, Reliance Jio had all the attention of the subscribers in the telecom industry. However, that has changed recently as the Mukesh Ambani led telecom operator introduced IUC based talk time on calls to other networks. After that, the subscribers are now in the... Read More
Last week, major news came out from the industry that the government is looking to provide relief to telecom operators by asking Trai to implement floor pricing. However, a new report from ET Telecom now says Trai did not receive any official update from the government and setting floor pricing in the industry will be an anti-consumer move. The officials from Trai also informed the publication that setting floor pricing... Read More
This year has been a bumpy ride for the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) and the consumers of the telecom industry. The telecom operators have also faced the waves of changing regulations on many fronts this year. But, with so many changes already underway, this wave of regulatory amendments does not seem to be stopping anytime soon. The next in line of the regulatory changes that Trai is working... Read More
There has been a long ongoing debate about the rules concerning Mobile Number Portability (MNP). In the telecom industry, portability remains one of the most demanded services by the subscribers. However, for an industry which is making progress at an unprecedented rate with the coming of 4G and 5G network, the MNP process is something which has remained obsolete for most of the subscribers. With mobile phones and connectivity existing... Read More
The last month in the DTH and broadcasting industry has again been very happening. We saw the rise of Tata Sky to the top ranks of DTH service providers by taking the place of Dish TV, and in another major news for the subscribers of DTH services, the big broadcasters announced price cuts on their channels. The new price cut, was announced by the broadcasters on their channels and the... Read More
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has been making many changes in the DTH and the broadcasting industry ever since the introduction of the new Trai tariff regime. Since the regulatory changes which happened in the start of the year, the regulator has introduced many consultation papers to seek the views of stakeholders of the industry on various topics and probable regulations which it could introduce in the near... Read More
Sunil Bharti Mittal led telecom operator, Bharti Airtel has asked the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) to postpone its plans of migrating to the Zero-IUC regime by a total of three years. It is worth noting that currently, the telecom regulator is ideating on whether or not it should postpone the transition to a zero-IUC regime by two years. However, as per an ET Telecom report, Bharti Airtel wants... Read More
Almost all DTH operators have started offering the festive season promotional benefit to their subscribers. While Tata Sky was the first one to bring the reduced channel pricing for its customers, Sun Direct, Airtel Digital TV and D2h have also followed in its footsteps to bring the promotional offer from the broadcaster to their customers. However, that is making all the cable TV subscribers wonder when would they get the... Read More
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) in the latest release has confirmed that Aircel customers who're yet to port out to another network will be given a final chance for making a shift. Subscribers of Aircel who are still on the network can choose either Reliance Jio or Bharti Airtel or Vodafone Idea or BSNL or MTNL by the end of October 2019, post which they won't be able... Read More
The cable TV and DTH industry has not gone silent since the implementation of the new Trai tariff regime. The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has been on the task of revising the rules of the broadcasting and DTH industry since the start of this year. Now in a new move, the telecom regulator seems to be preparing to bring some more changes in the regulations which has to... Read More
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um no no i meant how 3500mhz doesnt penetrate through walls and such
That not gonna happed instead Government should mandate all new phone (Smartphone & Keypad phone) should come with 4G Network…
Target is mid May for 1L sites. I don't have any doubt that it won't be covered. I am keeping…
2G should be shut down immediately by all three operators. BSNL should fast track LTE on 700Mhz and 900Mhz bands…
6G frequency should be around 7-8Ghz and bandwidth should be atleast 500Mhz per operator and sub-Ghz bandwidth should be 30-40Mhz(600/450Mhz).
