TRAI has finally come forward in rescue of telecom subscribers in J&K after reviewing complaints from subscribers in Jammu and Kashmir TRAI has demanded all the telecom service provider who runs its service in J&K to provide quality mobile service. J S Sarma, Chairman of Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has urged the telecom companies operating in Jammu and Kashmir to provide complete and quality mobile service to through... Read More
The Indian telecom industry saw a marginal dip in the number of new subscribers in the month of April the same has happened in May with no sign of growth in Subscriber base; India has added 8.3 million mobile subscribers in May taking the total subscriber base to 306.4 million in its GSM telecom networks. Top telecom operator Bharti Airtel still leads the chart with addition of 2.8 million subscribers... Read More
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) today directed mobile operators to seek written consent from the users who have subscribed to their value-added services (VAS), such as call ring-back tone and hello tunes, in order to prevent accidental activation of such services. TRAI said it had given this direction to telcos after examining several consumer complaints in the matter. In a statement, Trai said all access service providers, including... Read More
In a bid to encourage efficient use of numbering resources, DoT has been asked to charge a special levy for numbers allocated to telecom operators. A special research team (SRT) formed by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has recommended that DoT “earn revenue’’ and reasonably charge for each number.The SRT has said in its report that service providers may be asked to pay the licensor a one-time charge... Read More
Good news for subscribers who are facing severe call drops and network problem Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has come up with some strict governing norms for operator in which Telecom operators will be screened for poor service quality congested network and various other accepts. The new norm says-: If two calls out of 100 calls are dropped from an operator then the oerator will be held for poor... Read More
Amidst the controversial sale of stake by two new telecom operators, Swan and Unitech at a huge premium,TRAI has now recommended a 3 year lock-in period for stake sale by companies,which have recently got licences, in a bid to prevent them from making windfall gains overnight. Last year, DoT had suggested that existing telecom licensing norms be amended and a 3 to 5 year lock-in be imposed on the sale... Read More
Indian Telecom regulator TRAI today slashed call termination charges by 33 per cent, a move which would result in bringing down the mobile tariffs for consumers. Termination charges are paid by one operator to another on whose network the call ends.The regulator has reduced the termination charges on local calls to 20 paise a minute from existing 30 paise. The new operators such as Datacom, Unitech, Shyam-Sistema and Loop Telecom... Read More
International or Overseas calls to India are likely to become more expensive. Four leading operators Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Essar, Idea Cellular and Aircel met telecom regulator Trai last week, seeking approval to charge foreign telcos more for terminating overseas calls into India. If this proposal is cleared, Indian telcos together can earn over Rs 4,000 crore annually from incoming international calls. This proposal of the GSM telecom operators is supported... Read More
MyToday SMS service has run into yet another blockade this time from Vodafone.Vodafone has blocked the short code 575758 so that subscribers can’t request or receive sms from 575758. Earlier Airtel had blocked MyToday SMS service quoting the service do not comply with telecom regulations in November 2008.Vodafone's initial remark has been that MyToday service do not entail with Trai's National Do Not Call (NDNC) regulations. TRAI had rolled out... Read More
Telecom companies that provide below-par services could face penalties with telecom watchdog TRAI considering initiating steps to closely monitor the quality of services offered to customers. According to TRAI chairman Nripendra Misra, the penalty could be levied for services not conforming to the minimum established standards relating to ''quality of service to customers''. Misra told reporters at a open-house session that the regulator had already introduced financial disincentives for telecom... Read More
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