Trai is expected to meet telecom industry players next month, to deliberate on the issues that will be taken up during 2019, its Chairman RS Sharma said Monday. The discussion - now an annual feature - is however expected to entail a wider set of players in the telecom space this time, spanning operators, infrastructure providers and others. "The meeting will take place next month. We will talk to them... Read More
Telecom regulator Trai on Monday issued a long-awaited consultation paper to debate whether Over-The-Top (OTT) services, including WhatsApp and Skype, should be brought under the regulatory regime. The discussion paper titled 'Regulatory Framework for Over The Top Communications Services' is aimed at analysing and discussing "changes that may be required in the current regulatory framework to govern these entities; and the manner in which such changes should be affected", a... Read More
Telecom regulator Trai on Friday questioned mobile applications seeking permission to access data that are not required for their functioning and asked private firms to ensure that they do not misuse the data of customers. "There is an application which is actually a lighting application, a torch application. When you download the application, it asks for your contacts, camera and all of your peripherals. Why? For making your mobile phone... Read More
In the last two years, we have seen a lot of small telcos exiting the market or merging with large telcos. During the process, telcos such as Aircel, Reliance Communications and Tata Teleservices made their subscribers suffer from their sudden exit plans. Taking such incidents to notice, the government has decided to make it mandatory for every telecom service provider to give at least 30 days advance notice to subscribers... Read More
iPhone’s latest operating system, the iOS 12 offers ways for the users to report spam calls and messages easily via the use of third-party DND (Do Not Disturb) apps. To recall, there was a struggle going on between the Indian regulator, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) and the Cupertino based giant, Apple regarding granting third-party apps the access to SMS and call logs of Apple iPhone users. While Trai... Read More
One of the major issue faced by Indian telecom subscribers is the call set up time. Aiming to solve the issue, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) today revealed that it would ask telcos for the call set up time data from October 1 to bring a solution to the issue. For the unaware, call set up time is the duration taken to connect a call after a user... Read More
The latest telecom entrant in the industry, Reliance Jio has officially surpassed the former Market leader Bharti Airtel in terms of Adjusted Gross Revenue (AGR) as per the latest Trai report. The industry regulator, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) published data about the quarter ending in June where it was apparent that the Mukesh Ambani led telco has managed to race past Bharti Airtel to establish itself as one... Read More
Call Drops has become one of the major issues in recent times and the government is pushing telcos to solve call drops issue at the earliest. Telecom Minister, Manoj Sinha is in a view that call drops are occurring because of the people who obstruct mobile installation and the Trai is searching for a technical solution. Manoj Sinha, on Thursday, blamed people who obstruct installation of mobile towers due to... Read More
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has finally released the draft of Mobile Number Portability (MNP) recommendations. Earlier this year in April, the regulator released consultation paper for the change in MNP procedure, and now, it has drafted the recommendations. Trai has reduced the porting time within a circle to two days and also made some major changes to the entire process. Trai proposed the processing of mobile number portability... Read More
Last month in August 2018, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India made recommendations for the pricing of new spectrum in the 700, 800, 900, 1800, 2100, 2300, 2500, 3300-3400 and 3400-3600 MHz bands. These pricing recommendations come at a crucial time when the industry is going through a phase change in terms of power and market shares. Not only that, among these bands, the Indian telecom regulator will also be auctioning... Read More
Contrary to what the analysts say about the newly merged Vodafone Idea Ltd, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has asserted that it is confident about the upcoming situation in the telecom sector that no more telecom operators will be facing heat due to excessive competition. The regulator has also said that the industry is on the verge of hitting a new growth wave. The analysts are of a... Read More
A new report has surfaced which points towards the reduction of regulatory measures on OTT (Over the top) applications and platforms by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai). With the present data, the telecom operators seem to be satisfied with the growing data usage which these OTT applications are driving on their networks, as opposed to their previous stance. Data Consumption Rising Courtesy of OTT Apps Trai has said... Read More
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