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Chakri K June 26th, 2018 6:06 PM 160 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio Adds 9.6 Million Subscribers in April 2018, Inches Towards 200 Million User Base

Reliance Jio has added a whopping 9.6 million subscribers during the month of April 2018, which takes the overall subscriber base of the telco to 196.2 million and is inching towards the 200 million subscriber base. During the same period, Idea Cellular has added 5.5 million new subscribers, followed by Bharti Airtel with 4.5 million new additions. State-run PSU, BSNL added over seven lakh new customers during the same period,... Read More

Arpit Sharma June 22nd, 2018 3:29 PM 0 COMMENTS

Trai Organises Contest for Name and Logo Design of Public Wi-Fi Networks

Similar to what the government did for the new rupee sign and the Swachh Bharat logo, now Trai has opened up a new contest for the name and logo design of Public Wi-Fi networks. It was last year when the Indian telecom regulator published its recommendations on 'proliferation of broadband through public Wi-Fi networks'. Later when the consultation on the same recommendations were going on, issues like technical interoperability and... Read More

Chakri K June 14th, 2018 2:43 PM 0 COMMENTS

COAI Goes Against Public Data Aggregators Proposal Recommended by Trai

All the major telecom operators in the country have crowded around Trai to request the watchdog from preventing unlicensed entities to develop public Wi-Fi hotspots in cities. The operators have cited that such a move on the regulator’s behalf will be illegal. Trai, in March last year had recommended the telecommunications department that a new category of public data office aggregators would give a boost to India’s broadband infrastructure by... Read More

Arpit Sharma June 12th, 2018 3:03 PM 2 COMMENTS

Vendors Request Reconsideration of Draft Over Mobile Device Derecognition by Trai

The telecom industry is now expecting rules which will require the handset vendors in India to dismiss apps that do not grant the ability to customers to control what calls and messages they receive. To request reconsideration on the existing regulation regarding this, Indian handset vendors have asked the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) to take some action. The Indian Cellular Association (ICA) flagged the section 34 of the... Read More

Arpit Sharma June 6th, 2018 1:09 PM 0 COMMENTS

Trai Rejects Objections Raised by DoT on the Issue of In-Flight Connectivity

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has rejected DoT’s recommendations regarding In-flight communication. The regulator is of the mindset that only international satellites and gateways should be used for the provision of services. To carry forward the plan of launching IFC (In-flight Connectivity) on domestic flights, and on international flights which go through India, DoT officials are going to meet Aviation secretary within a week. As per reports, the... Read More

Arpit Sharma June 4th, 2018 12:12 PM 4 COMMENTS

Trai to Make Call Log and SMS Data Sharing Mandatory in Order to Stop Pesky Calls

Trai has long been in a tussle with the Cupertino based phone manufacturer Apple for including a clause which requires the phone manufacturers to grant the access to call logs, SMS and other related data to the DND app, which will be used to stop pesky calls. In this new turn of event, Trai has made the clause mandatory. In a Corrigendum drafted on May 30, Trai said: "Every access... Read More

Arpit Sharma June 1st, 2018 7:13 PM 0 COMMENTS

Trai to Avail All Postpaid and Prepaid Plans Related Information Online by Year End

Trai, in an attempt to promote transparency in the Indian telecom sector, has said that it would put tariff plans of all incumbent service providers on a unified digital platform across 22 licensed service areas (LSA) by year-end. It is the regulator’s view that coming under the eyes of the public will further propel the telcos towards more transparency. Trai Chairman, RS Sharma presented his insight on the plan “Putting... Read More

Chakri K June 1st, 2018 2:34 PM 2 COMMENTS

Trai Puts Up a Web Portal for Checking Network Coverage of Carriers

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has now come up with its own portal to display the network coverage of telecom operators in a particular region. This move comes after the unveiling of tariff plans portal and the network coverage portal is a much-delayed one from the sector regulator. The portal can be accessed at www.coveragemap.trai.gov.in currently is in beta stage as the regular is still in the phase... Read More

Arpit Sharma May 29th, 2018 7:01 PM 2 COMMENTS

Trai to Use Blockchain Technology to Get Hold of Unregistered Telemarketers

In a new update, it has surfaced that the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) is finally resorting to Blockchain technology to ‘curb the menace’ of pesky calls and SMS. The regulatory authority even issued an official statement saying "unsolicited commercial communication, or spam, is a major nuisance to telecom subscribers", and to stop this Trai established a "Do Not Disturb" (DND) registry under regulations made in 2010. As per... Read More

Arpit Sharma May 28th, 2018 1:31 PM 1 COMMENTS

Trai to Not Place Regulatory Measures for In-Flight Tariff in Indian Airspace

A new report has come up which informs that a top official said that Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) would not regulate the tariff which air passengers will pay for making calls and browsing the Internet in-air. Although, it won’t be the case for mobile phone operators, sector watchers and aviation experts, as they said that there was some dependency on the intermediaries and thus the revenue will be... Read More

Chakri K May 16th, 2018 10:08 AM 1 COMMENTS

Trai Seeks Pan-India Tariff Data from Telcos to Expand its Plan-Comparison Site

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) is now seeking details of tariff plans offered by telcos across the country to make the data available on its comparison portal that was launched last month. Trai, last month, unveiled a beta portal for comparison that initially allowed users to compare the tariff plans from telcos for Delhi region, which later on added with Gujarat circle plans as well. While the site... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas May 15th, 2018 2:43 PM 2 COMMENTS

Trai Considering to Review IUC Charges on Messages

The telecom regulator, Trai is planning a review of the charges that telcos pay each other for text messages, and possibly even consider discarding the charges, according to an ET report. The regulator will be issuing a consultation paper to seek stakeholder views on revising the interconnection usage charge (IUC) for SMS. This may include the possibility of scrapping the interconnection fees altogether, people aware of the matter told ET.... Read More