The mobile subscriber growth is slowing down, as per the TRAI report released today, mobile phone (GSM and CDMA) subscriber base in India continue at a less growth rates compare to previous months. In the month of July its grew by just 0.78 per cent with addition of 6.67 million new mobile connections taking the total number of wireless users to 858.27 million, according to the report by Telecom Regulatory... Read More
As per the latest report on 'Daily Bhaskar' it states TRAI guidelines on lifetime SIM card may soon be terminated from service if not recharged or any calls made or received from it in 20 days. Now if you think your lifetime sim will actually give you a lifetime validity then its time think again. The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India has silently put forward the new rules under which... Read More
TRAI Wants 2008-Licensees to Leave Indian Telecom sector In response to 2G scam TRAI is likely to make exit policy for new mobile operators who won licenses in 2008. It will also vacate 2G spectrum. It is a bad move. Global operators like Telenor, Sistema, Etisalat & Batelco are investing a lot in Indian mobile sector and they will not surrender. Till date only Loop Mobile has announced to return... Read More
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) today postponed the deadline Indefinitely for implementing new rules to effectively arrest pesky commercial calls and empowered consumers against unwanted calls and SMSes. Earlier the deadline was March 21. The whole drama started in December as we shared in TelecomTalk when TRAI come with its first of its kind of amendment to regulate unwanted calls. TRAI said that the delay in allocation of a... Read More
It seems that Mobile Service Operators threw water over Heavy SMS Users who had hopes of “Tariff Reduction in SMS Pack” after the new regulation announced by TRAI which put a Daily Cap of 100 SMS in a single day. Previously Airtel Kolkata was providing 500 Daily SMS with RCV 80 with validity of 30 days. At now for TRAI’s new regulation there is a cap of maximum 100 SMS/day.... Read More
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) today extended the deadline for implementing new rules to effectively arrest pesky commercial calls and empowered consumers against unwanted calls and SMSes. Now the new deadline is March 21. The whole drama started in December as we shared in TelecomTalk when TRAI come with its first of its kind of amendment to regulate unwanted calls. TRAI said that the delay in allocation of a... Read More
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India has shown its strictness on complaints of subscribers. Wherein subscribers complained that various Value Added Services are activated on their mobile without their consent. During the half yearly meetings of consumer advocacy groups several members highlighted this problem that VAS activated without their consent and money deducted from their account. Now TRAI has issued instructions to all Telecom Operators that they should examine various... Read More
Pan India telecom operators IDEA Cellular, Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Essar and The Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) today expressed their concern over the TRAI recommendation to the six-fold increase in 2G spectrum prices. Terming them as "Illogical, Arbitrary and Discriminatory" against the older telecom operators. IDEA Cellular said in a statement that "We are dismayed by the continual flip-flops in policy formulation in the telecom sector, which betray a... Read More
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) today started its Mobile and Landline Consumer's Preference Registration process to to effectively arrest or stop pesky commercial calls and empowered consumers against unwanted calls and SMSes. So If you wish to block commercial communications like Unwanted SMS and Telemarketing calls, You can register your preference with your Service Provider either by way of voice call or SMS. All the options for customers will... Read More
Greenpeace termed the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India’s (TRAI) consultation paper on “Green Telecommunication” as insubstantial and without a clear roadmap, especially in addressing the Telecommunication sector’s role in climate change. Commenting on the TRAI Consultation Paper, Mrinmoy Chattaraj, Climate & Energy Campaigner, Greenpeace India said “In the absence of emission assessments and standards, the promotion of false solutions like carbon credit and offsetting is designed to retard the sector’s... Read More
If you are a high SMS user its sense of relief for you till march 2011.Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) today announced a new mechanism to effectively arrest pesky commercial calls and empowered consumers against unwanted calls and SMSes. The whole drama started in December as we shared in TelecomTalk when TRAI come with its first of its kind of amendment to regulate unwanted calls. TRAI today issued “The... Read More
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) today announce a new mechanism to effectively arrest pesky commercial calls and empowered consumers against unwanted calls and SMSes. In order to find a solution to this problem, a separate numbering series 70XXXXXXXX will be allocated for telemarketers, so that all telemarketing calls can be easily identified. Any call that comes from any number beginning with "70" will be a commercial call and the... Read More
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