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July 26th, 2018 4:03 PM 1 COMMENTS

DoT Sets Deadline of 30 Days for Telecom Operators to Resolve Public Grievances

The Department of Telecommunications has issued directions to telecom operators to address public grievances in a month’s time. The move will help the authority in resolving consumer complains about issues like call drops. The development has come after the Prime Minister made his comments on the subject of the massive number of consumer complains on various matters during a meeting held in March. During the analysis of public grievances across... Read More

July 26th, 2018 2:32 PM 0 COMMENTS

Trai Has Floated Papers for Promoting Local Telecom Gear Manufacturing: RS Sharma

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India is ideating on drafting suggestions about local telecom gear manufacturing. Along with that, the regulator is also on the task of bringing devices, and browsers under the regulation of data security, privacy and protection. In a series of a questionnaire with ETTelecom, Trai chairman RS Sharma revealed his views on the ongoing issues in the Trai relating to local telecom gear manufacturing apps being... Read More

July 25th, 2018 7:21 PM 1 COMMENTS

Trai Says Unlicensed Wi-Fi Services or PDOs Will Bring Additional Business to Telcos

Trai (Telecom Regulatory Authority of India) chairman RS Sharma has paid no heed to the telecom operators' statements about not allowing unlicensed entities to operate and sell wireless services to the ordinary people. The Trai chief has said that already such entities exist in the market and work in the tower segment of the telecom sector. Trai had made recommendations to the DoT regarding PDOs, a similar entity to PCOs... Read More

July 25th, 2018 2:10 PM 3 COMMENTS

Pesky Calls Regulations Not Biased Towards Any One Company: Trai Chairman

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has received some backlash from the industry because of its latest pesky calls regulations. In reply, Trai has said that the most recent regulations do not target a particular company. In a live stream featuring Trai Chairman RS Sharma, the authority made it clear that Trai is defending its stance on the issue by clarifying that it is not biased in its decision... Read More

July 20th, 2018 7:39 PM 12 COMMENTS

Trai Lays Down Strict Norms Against Pesky Calls; Telcos Say Solution is Inefficient and Costly

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has taken a stringent step against pesky calls and unwanted messages by mandating norms for telecom subscribers. The regulator has set penalties starting from Rs 1000 to Rs 50 lakh per violation depending on the severity. Previously, the regulator had talked about the obsolescence of the previous DND measures, despite which the problem of pesky calls and unwanted messages couldn’t be dealt with... Read More

July 20th, 2018 11:26 AM 32 COMMENTS

Telcos Might Shut Down iPhones on Network if Apple Doesn’t Abide by DND App Norms

Telecom operators may have to refuse operation on Apple iPhones if the Cupertino giant doesn’t install a DND app on its devices to counter the problem of pesky calls and to allow its users a method to report spam calls and messages. The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India has locked horns with Apple over this issue for almost a year now. The California based phone manufacturer has refused to install... Read More

July 18th, 2018 7:15 PM 2 COMMENTS

Apps Should Be Regulated Under Data Protection Framework: Trai Chairman

Trai chairman RS Sharma has said that the industry has presented a need for data protection framework under which apps should be regulated. He furthered his statement by saying that Aadhaar is an exemplary service for this framework since there is a limit on how much data access is allowed for Aadhaar. On similar lines, there should be a limit on how much data these apps are allowed to take... Read More

July 8th, 2018 7:57 PM 1 COMMENTS

Telecom Operators Oppose PDOs Proposal Citing Security and Financial Restraints

Indian telecom companies are against the decision of Trai (Telecom Regulatory Authority of India) to pave the way for Public Data Offices. These PDOs will resemble the old-fashioned PCOs, except they will cater to providing data to the public instead of calling facilities. However, in this development, the telecom operators are of the view that this move would further make a dent to the already financially hampered telecom industry and it... Read More

July 6th, 2018 11:08 AM 1 COMMENTS

Trai Makes Amends to Interconnectivity Norms, Makes Busy Hours Forecast Mandatory

Nearly after two months of consultation on interconnectivity rules of telecom operators, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) is ready to prescribe amendments to the existing terms and conditions for an operator to seek fresh call connect ports from other telcos. The consultation from the industry was open till May 18 for these draft regulations. The matter had come into Trai’s scrutiny after complaints from Reliance Jio were received... Read More

July 2nd, 2018 12:38 PM 16 COMMENTS

Trai Hits Jio, Bharti Airtel and Idea Cellular With Fine Due to Non-Compliance of QoS Norms

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) often referred as the watchdog of the industry has taken stringent action by fining the big telcos like Reliance Jio, Idea Cellular, Vodafone India and Bharti Airtel for not adhering to the norms of quality of service. The fine levied on these telecom operators is applicable for the breaching of quality benchmarks in the December 2017 quarter. The Mukesh Ambani-led telco, Reliance Jio,... Read More

June 28th, 2018 7:13 PM 13 COMMENTS

Trai All Set to Levy Penalty on Telcos Who Have Not Met Call Drop Norms

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has completed the assessment for two-quarters on call drops and is all-set to penalise the telecom operators. The telecom regulator is in the final stage of issuing penalty notices to telecom operators who have not met the new call drop norms for the quarter that ended March 30, 2018. “For the quarter of January to March, we are in the final stage of... Read More

June 28th, 2018 5:26 PM 95 COMMENTS

Airtel Takes the Lead in 4G Network Download Speed Beating Jio in Delhi-NCR Region

The Indian telecom regulator, Trai revealed that in the Delhi-NCR region, Bharti Airtel is the provider which is offering the best 4G speeds to the users, and not Reliance Jio. Although Reliance Jio is the operator which falls in the second place, this test made it clear that the Mukesh Ambani-led telco is not the one providing the highest speeds. The test was conducted using the Independent Drive Test (IDT)... Read More

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