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Callers will soon be required to add '0' prefix for making calls from landlines to mobile phones in the country.

Landline to mobile calls get zero prefix

DoT accepts Trai’s recommendation; Decision will come into force from January 1

25 Nov 2020 10:40 AM

TRAI issues show-cause notice to Vodafone Idea on priority plan. (PTI Photo)

TRAI sends show-cause notice to Vodafone Idea, says priority plan is misleading

TRAI had been probing priority plan RedX and Platinum offering to see if network preference leads to deterioration of services

26 Aug 2020 4:06 PM

Trai Chairman R S Sharma claimed that telecom tower infrastructure posed no health hazards, and urged people to allow cell phone towers to be installed in on their properties. (Photo | Pexels)

Telcos can't provide poor service quality citing free calls: Trai chairman

Trai getting telcos to fix the issue of call drop on priority, R S Sharma said

01 Mar 2020 7:59 PM

Sharma said 5G technology is strategic for India and telecom companies should have control over their core network by using domestically manufactured gears.

Trai chairman bats for use of locally made gears for core telecom networks

Trai chairman said the govt, Niti Ayog and all stakeholders must support whatever has to be done from strategic point of view.

22 Jan 2020 9:24 AM

The company did not divulge the extent of price hike in the offing. (Photo: PTI)

Jio says will increase tariffs in next few weeks in compliance with rules

Jio said that the telecom regulator TRAI is likely to initiate consultation process for revision in telecom tariffs.

20 Nov 2019 11:40 AM

The official was speaking on the sidelines of ASEAN-TRAI program on capacity building and sharing of best practices in policy regulation and development.

TRAI hopes to finalise views on call connect charges by Nov-end: Official

Trai's move to reopen the deadline for ending IUC beyond January 2020 had forced Jio to levy a 6 paise per minute charge on its users.

18 Nov 2019 1:04 PM

Airtel said that IUC should not come down to zero and the BAK regime should be postponed by at least three years.

Delay in implementation of zero call connect charges to hurt service: Jio

Traffic symmetry indicates that telecom operator will not have any outstanding balance of IUC against other networks.

15 Nov 2019 2:42 PM

However, after bringing retail trade under the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion, the government did not find an immediate need to constitute a regulatory authority.

Govt mulls ombudsman for e-commerce sector

The government recently talked to the e-commerce companies and asked them to work with small traders as well as Ciat.

08 Nov 2019 6:24 AM

This is done by paying the rival network an interconnect usage charge, which currently is 6 paise per minute. (Photo: AFP)

Jio slams Trai's IUC review; says move sabotages PM's Digital India vision

Trai's move to reopen the deadline for ending charges for terminating calls on rival networks beyond January 2020.

21 Oct 2019 12:21 PM

We expect that in any particular year there will be 1,00,000 mobile tower installations. But at the last count, it has reached 50,000 or 60,000 towers, said COAI Director General, Rajan Mathews.

Mobile tower installation at 60 pc of annual target due to permission delays: COAI

Overall, structural issues need to be identified and addressed at the earliest, COAI Director General noted.

08 Oct 2019 7:23 PM

OTT services refer to applications and services that are accessible over the internet and ride on an operator's network.

TRAI to take more time on OTT norms; lawful interception, security issue now in focus

Skype, Viber, WhatsApp and Hike are some of the popular and widely-used OTT services.

02 Oct 2019 3:40 PM

COAI said different players may take varied position based on their operational, strategic and commercial interests and asserted that majority and minority views are part and parcel of working of any institution or industry body. (Photo: File | PTI)

Telcos war: COAI hopes industry's IUC discussion will be reasonable, objective

Typically, a telecom operator pays for connecting calls of its subscribers to the company on whose network a call terminates.

29 Sep 2019 11:50 AM

Airtel followed Jio with an average download speed of 8.2 mbps, and was followed by Vodafone (7.7 mbps) and Idea Cellular (6.1 mbps) in August.

Jio tops Trai's 4G mobile broadband chart in Aug with 21.3 mbps speed

Vodafone, however, maintained lead in terms of upload with 5.5 mbps speed.

17 Sep 2019 10:28 PM

The deadline for statekholders comments has been fixed for September 30, 2019 and counter comments, if any, by October 07.

TRAI seeks views on maximum duration for phone calls to ring

This may, in turn, impact the pattern of outgoing and incoming Minutes of Usage (MoU) on Point of Interconnection.

17 Sep 2019 9:17 AM

Spectrum auction and spectrum prices are the most important items on agenda for the upcoming meeting which will be held in the third week of this month, an official privy to the matter said.

DoT making all efforts to hold spectrum auction by Dec: Source

Digital Communications Commission is scheduled to meet next week to take a final decision on spectrum prices.

10 Sep 2019 6:17 PM

The TRAI has also issued a consultation paper seeking views of all stakeholders on the issue related to the references by the I&B ministry.

Govt seeks clarity from Trai over platform services

NaMo TV was a channel which is dedicated to live telecast of political rallies and speeches of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

31 Aug 2019 6:49 AM

The consultation paper came after Trai had fou-nd that distributors misused the new tariff order to throttle the market’s discovery of TV channel prices.

DTH, cable TV bills may fall as Trai intervenes

Trai, the regulatory body of the broadcasting sector, has released a consultation paper on tariff-related issues for broadcasting and cable services.

17 Aug 2019 6:44 AM

Digital Communications Commission, the apex decision-making body of DoT, last month, approved imposing penalty on Airtel and Vodafone Idea for not providing points of interconnection to Reliance Jio.

Telecom dept okays to Rs 3,050 cr penalty on Airtel, Vodafone Idea

TRAI its stand saying it is not in a position to modify its previously recommended penalty on the operators.

24 Jul 2019 6:28 PM

The overall teledensity in the country slipped to 89.92 per cent at the end of May 2019 from 90.05 per cent at the end of April. (Representational Image)

Rural telephone subscribers fall in May, urban user base rises: Trai

The rural subscription declined from 512.91 million at the end of April 19 to 508.49 million at the end of May 2019

19 Jul 2019 4:27 PM

RJio, in April, had trailed the older operator and held the third spot with 31.48 crore subscribers and 27.08 market market share. (Photo: PTI)

RJio pips Airtel to become India's 2nd largest mobile operator in May: TRAI

RJio added 81.80 lakh new subscribers in May and ended the month with 27.80 pc market share and 32.29 crore subscribers.

19 Jul 2019 2:45 PM

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