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Sanjay March 13th, 2013 11:20 AM 22 COMMENTS

No More MNP for Customers on Closed Network of Mobile Operators Who Lost Licenses : TRAI

Mobile customers of Uninor, MTS India, Videocon and some others operators whose licenses were canceled by Supreme Court on February 2, 2012 in many circles and they failed to get fresh spectrum for respective circles, will no longer be able to port out from closed networks by opting Mobile Number Portability. India's telecom watchdog Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has issued directive to all existing mobile service providers to... Read More

Sanjay March 2nd, 2013 11:23 AM 36 COMMENTS

Airtel, Vodafone and Tata Docomo Tops in Complaints on Billing & Overcharging of Mobile Tariff

India’s leading mobile service provider Bharti airtel, Vodafone, Tata Docomo (Tata Teleservices) and Reliance Communications (Rcom) are once again on top when it comes to their Mobile Service users complaints related to Billing, tariff issues and activation of chargeable VAS without explicit consent of the customer. According to the information given by Minister of State for Communication and IT. Mr. Milind Deora "During the financial year 2012-13 up to January,... Read More

Sanjay February 23rd, 2013 12:03 PM 80 COMMENTS

Prepaid Mobile Connections with Rs.20 Balance Cannot be Deactivated : TRAI

India's Telecom regulator TRAI today released a Regulation on ‘Deactivation of Cellular Mobile Telephone Connections due to Non-usage’ where in it said that inactive prepaid mobile connections cannot be deactivated if they have a minimum balance of Rs.20 in their account and the time period for considering 'inactive' has been set at 90 days. TRaid said that at present, there is lack of transparency in carrying out such disconnections of... Read More

P K Tarun December 4th, 2012 11:36 AM 29 COMMENTS

Supreme Court Restores 200 SMS Cap Limit

India’s Supreme Court on December 4th stayed a telecom tribunal order that quashed limiting of the number of SMSes to 200 per day per user. The SMS quota was originally introduced in 2011 by the regulator, TRAI to stop spamming by telemarketing companies. In a brief hearing, a bench headed by Justice G S Singhvi stayed the Telecom Disputes and Appellate Tribunal’s (TDSAT) order. The Supreme Court passed the order... Read More

Sanjay November 8th, 2012 12:19 PM 57 COMMENTS

GSM and CDMA Mobile Subscriber Base Declines in September – 2012, Aircel and BSNL Leads in New Subscribers Additions

India's mobile subscriber base (GSM and CDMA) decreased from 908.36 million in August 2012 to 906.62 million at the end of September 2012, registering a monthly negative growth of -0.19%. Aircel and BSNL emerged as market leaders in new subscribers addition during the month amid the declining trend of mobile subscriber base of all GSM biggies like Airtel Vodafone and Idea. This the th 3rd consecutive month where as decline... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas November 4th, 2012 12:31 PM 15 COMMENTS

Spectrum Refarming on 900MHz : Is it Another Mess-up for Telecom Sector?

Spectrum refarming is a hot issue in Indian telecom. Telecom Commission of India recommended to go for spectrum refarming on 900 MHz band so that this band can be used for 4G roll out. Currently incumbent players like Airtel, Vodafone, BSNL are holding most of the 900MHz spectrum and Aircel, Reliance, Idea are having it in selected circles. New players who got licenses in 2008 have using 1800MHz band of... Read More

Sanjay October 23rd, 2012 11:14 AM 21 COMMENTS

TRAI Allows Mobile Operators to Offer Combo Recharge

India's telecom watchdog TRAI allowed mobile operators to offer Combo Recharge Vouchers for prepaid subscribers that will provide dual benefit to consumers. Combo Vouchers (Talk Time + Special Benefits for Voice/SMS/Data) would provide more flexibility to the mobile service providers to offer innovative bundling of the products based on market segmentation. Further, use of Combo Vouchers afford the subscriber convenience of purchasing additional monetary value as well as well as... Read More

Sanjay October 9th, 2012 9:53 PM 67 COMMENTS

India’s Mobile Subscriber Base Declines in August -2012, GSM Biggies Airtel, Idea Cellular and Vodafone Losses

India's mobile subscriber base (GSM and CDMA) decreased from 913.49 million in July 2012 to 908.36 million at the end of August 2012, registering a monthly negative growth of -0.56%. This the ther second consecutive month where as decline registered in GSM and CDMA mobile user base of country and it is due to large scale disconnections of non-active subscribers by many operators. According to TRAI, the biggest loss in... Read More

Sanjay September 15th, 2012 1:16 AM 37 COMMENTS

TRAI to Telcos : Don’t Charge Extra for SMS, Calls on Blackout Days

In order to further improve transparency in Mobile services, India’s telecom watchdog Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has today issued directive to all Mobile Service Providers (GSM/CDMA) prescribing additional measures with a view to enhance transparency in the matter of charging on Blackout Days. TRAI said that Mobile operators should not charge customers on calls or SMSes beyond their existing tariff plans on 'Blackout Days' like Ganesh Chaturthi, Diwali,... Read More

Sanjay September 10th, 2012 11:41 AM 31 COMMENTS

India’s Broadband Base Reaches 14.68 Million, BSNL Leads

According to the latest report by sectoral regulator Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), India has 14.68 million Broadband subscribers as on July 2012. India's total Broadband subscriber base has increased from 14.50 million at the end of June 2012 to 14.68 million at the end of July 2012, there by showing a monthly growth of 1.20%. The yearly growth in Broadband subscribers is 17.40% during the last one year... Read More

Sanjay September 8th, 2012 8:16 PM 23 COMMENTS

India’s Mobile Subscriber Base Declines for First Time, Drops by over 20 Million

India's mobile subscriber base (GSM and CDMA) decreased from 934.09 million in June 2012 to 913.49 million at the end of July 2012, registering a monthly negative growth of -2.21%. This the first ever decline in the country in terms of mobile users and it is due to large scale disconnections of non-active subscribers by some operators like Reliance, Tata Docomo and MTNL. The biggest loss in user base came... Read More

Sanjay September 8th, 2012 1:12 PM 53 COMMENTS

TRAI Issues Directive To Stop Phishing ISD Missed Calls, Fake Lottery SMSes

Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) today announce a new mechanism to effectively protecting the interest of prepaid mobile customers from the menace of missed ISD calls (wangiri calls) and calls relating to winning of prizes or lottery from international numbers. TRAI today issued a Direction to all Mobile Service Providers (CDMA and GSM) regarding provision of ISD facility to prepaid mobile consumers and advisory to consumers through SMS at... Read More