The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) chairman RS Sharma will meet telecom companies in the first week of January to discuss important and strategic issues. During the meeting, the authority will also seek these telcos’ views on priority areas for 2018, the Economic Times reported. “We intend to call … Read More
India’s telecom regulator on Thursday said that promoting “Ease of doing business” is essential for unhindered growth of the telecom sector and is amongst the priorities of the government. It has also recommended various steps for improving ease of doing business in the sector, including speedier merger and acquisition approvals … Read More
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has released a consultation paper on “Next Generation Public Protection and Disaster Relief (PPDR) communication networks”. The PPDR communication network supports several services related to the day-to-day life of the public including protection of life and property, maintenance of law and order, disaster … Read More
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) recently released “Indian Telecom Services Performance Indicator Report” for the Quarter ended June 2017. We’ve already covered the new related to telecom subscriber count, which you can read by heading over here. In the same report, the regulator also revealed the wired internet … Read More
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) is set to introduce the new interconnect usage charges (IUC) rate, which will be under 10 paise per minute, as compared to the currently 14 paise per minute rate, according to a Times of India report. The move will lead to more cuts … Read More
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) today issued a direction to all telecom service providers to take steps for controlling bulk messages relating to investment in the securities market. The regulator is acting on the concerns expressed by Security and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) relating to misleading unsolicited … Read More
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has come up with a consultation paper on “Privacy, Security and Ownership of the Data in the Telecom Sector” with an aim to identify the scope and definition of personal data, ownership and control of data of users of telecom services. “The availability … Read More
India’s telecom regulator has reportedly rejected top telcos like Idea Cellular’s proposal for the establishment of a floor price for voice and data tariffs in the country. RS Sharma, the chairman of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai), said that the regulator decided that fixing a floor price was … Read More
Telecom Minister Manoj Sinha on Wednesday said that the government had begun work on framing the new telecom policy, which will be application is driven against the last policy, National Telecom Policy, 2012, which was connectivity driven. The policy is expected to be introduced by 2018, according to media reports. … Read More
Mukesh Ambani-led 4G telecom operator Reliance Jio Infocomm has added 3.9 million new subscribers in the month of April, taking its overall base to 112.6 million. The telco pipped incumbent telcos Bharti Airtel, Vodafone and Idea Cellular in terms of user additions in the month, according to latest data released … Read More
India’s telecom regulator TRAI may come up with stringent regulations for international SIM card and global calling card companies, following a detailed discussion with these companies, earlier this year, PTI reported. The TRAI had reached out to consumers through an SMS-based survey, seeking feedback on services provided by international SIM … Read More
India’s telecom regulator Trai has reportedly dismissed incumbent telcos’ demand that the interconnect usage charge (IUC) be fixed as the minimum price of a voice call at 14 paise per minute. In an interaction with ET, Trai chairman RS Sharma termed incumbents’ demand as ‘too much noise’. “I don’t think … Read More
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