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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

Chakri K May 14th, 2018 9:40 AM 1 COMMENTS

Telcos Ask Trai to Take a Pragmatic and Considerate View in Fining them for QoS Violations

Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) in a letter to Trai last week has asked the sector regulator not to levy penalty on telcos over minor issues. “We request that these nominal or marginal deviations from the prescribed benchmarks should be waived off and no financial disincentives should be imposed on the operators,” said COAI which represents the private operators- Bharti Airtel, Reliance Jio, Vodafone India and Idea Cellular. COAI... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas May 10th, 2018 12:44 PM 2 COMMENTS

DoT Seeks Clarification from Trai on Wi-Fi Calling Service

Though the central government gave the go-ahead to use of internet telephony in the country last week, consumers will have to wait much longer for the launch of Wi-Fi-based calling or Voice over WiFi (VoWiFi). The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) is now looking for clarification from the telecom regulator on the routing of international voice calls over the public internet. Top telecom operators Reliance Jio Infocomm, Idea Cellular and Bharti... Read More

Chakri K May 9th, 2018 12:47 PM 7 COMMENTS

Trai to Impose Penalty on Operators for Not Meeting QoS Norms in Q4 2017

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) is looking to impose the penalty on operators who did not meet the new Quality of Service (QoS) norms for the quarter that ended December 31, 2017. As per sources close to PTI, Trai is considering imposing a penalty on operators. "We will be imposing some penalty on those who have not met the stipulated standards," said a Trai official who did not... Read More

Chakri K May 7th, 2018 7:47 PM 9 COMMENTS

Trai to Finalise Recommendations on Next Spectrum Auction Soon

R S Sharma, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) Chairman today stated that they are in the middle of consulting various international agencies and experts on the next spectrum auction in India. Trai is hoping to finalise the recommendations on spectrum auction soon, Sharma said. Currently, the regulator is in the process of finalising the recommendations, and a meeting on the same was held last week. "There is a... Read More

Chakri K April 24th, 2018 4:20 PM 3 COMMENTS

Trai to Issue Consultation Paper on Call Muting, Jio and Bharti Airtel on Opposite Ends of the Issue

India’s telecom regulator is going to issue a consultation paper which will address the problem of call muting. The problem which has been faced persistently by a lot of consumers on Long Term Evolution (LTE) or VoLTE networks is finally in the cross-hair to be done with by setting up statuary measures. This public announcement was made by RS Sharma, the chairman of Trai (Telecom Regulatory Authority of India). He said... Read More

Chakri K April 24th, 2018 3:30 PM 27 COMMENTS

Idea Cellular Added 4.4 Million New Subscribers in February 2018, While Aircel Lost 2.5 Million

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has released the monthly subscription data of February 2018. In the Telecom Subscription Data report released, Trai stated that Idea Cellular has added 4.4 million new subscribers during the month, followed by Bharti Airtel with 4.1 million new users and Vodafone managed to grab 3.2 million new subscribers. However, the chart is led by Reliance Jio with 8.7 million new subscribers added in... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas April 24th, 2018 10:57 AM 18 COMMENTS

Aircel Directed by Trai to Refund Security Deposits of Users

Trai is again tightening the noose on Aircel’s working. This time the regulator has asked the already bankrupt company to refund security deposits of all postpaid subscribers and to submit a compliance report by May 10. Besides that, the telecom company has also been guided to compile a list of all the customers who have ported to another network along with the unspent balance of these customers. To accomplish this... Read More

Chakri K April 16th, 2018 7:28 PM 11 COMMENTS

Trai Introduces New Portal to Compare Tariff Plans of Telcos

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has come up with a new portal, allowing consumers to compare all the available tariff plans of telecom operators in the country. For quite some time, the regulator was looking to bring transparency in tariff plans and this move is the first such platform; This platform is backed by the government as well. The new portal, for now, is in beta stage and... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas April 11th, 2018 10:51 AM 13 COMMENTS

Vodafone India and Idea Cellular Missed Trai’s Call Drop Metrics by a Small Margin: COAI

Telecom Industry body COAI said Bharti Airtel and Jio were fully compliant with the Trai's quality of service norms, though Vodafone India and Idea Cellular were marginally not meeting the standards. The body added the non-compliance of call drop parameters laid down by Telecom Regulatory Authority of India in October, was limited to specific local areas and should not be misrepresented as a widespread phenomenon. “These local area problems are... Read More

Chakri K April 6th, 2018 8:15 PM 1 COMMENTS

Trai Issues Consultation Paper on Simplifying the MNP Process

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has today issued a paper on 'Review of the Mobile Number Portability (MNP) process' for the consultation of stakeholders. In the consultation paper, Trai said that Mobile Number Portability Service Providers (MNPSPs) are monitored periodically to study the pattern of rejection of porting requests by the Donor Operator (DO). The analysis of reports had suggested that the rejections on the grounds of 'Unique... Read More

Chakri K March 23rd, 2018 4:05 PM 23 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio’s Subscriber Base Reaches 168.4 Million at the End of January 2018

Reliance Jio continues its authority in the new subscriber addition every month. As per the data released by Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) for the month of January 2018, the Mukesh Ambani-led telco has added a whopping 8.3 million new subscribers, taking its overall subscriber base to 168.413628 million. Other incumbent telcos such as Bharti Airtel, Vodafone India and Idea Cellular added 1.5 million, 1.2 million and 1.1 million... Read More