As if alarmed by the spate of tariff cuts being offered by telecom players, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India has asked leading companies including Bharti, IDEA and Hutch to hold on till it evaluated their tariff packages
With the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) refusing to reserve 900-MHz spectrum for incumbent telcos, asking them to vacate the quantity held and win back through bidding, GSM operators, led by the Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI), have decided to propose a compromise formula.
A fair telecom market needs a tough and unbiased regulator who can protect consumersÂ’ interests and create a level playing field for all parties, says Sucheta Dalal.
Amid reports of a possible delay in release of spectrum by the defence forces, DoT is going ahead with regulator Telecom Regulatory Authority of India's recommendations on auctioning the airwaves with a reserve base price.
The auction last year had seen a muted response on account of high spectrum cost.
TRAI removed network interconnection charges.
The interconnection charge has been reduced.
When it comes to the number of phone bill disputes, Vodafone, Idea Cellular, BSNL and Aircel were high on the list in several service areas during the quarter ended June.
DoT committee rejects most Trai suggestions for freeing airwaves for sale.
Airtel, Vodafone, BSNL increase subscriber share while Idea manages to retain
Trai has mandated service providers to give hard copies of post-paid mobile bills to all mobile users.
Telecom operators added 13.35 million mobile subscribers in May 2011, taking the total number of telephone users in the country to 874.68 million, sectoral regulator Trai said.
In a relief to millions of mobile phone users, telecom regulator Trai on Friday said it will take 4-6 weeks to curb the menace of unsolicited calls and SMSes after DoT cleared the '140' number series exclusively for landline phones of telemarketing companies.
SC also wanted to know why DoT ignored TRAI's recommendations on effective utilization of the spectrum.
Information and Broadcasting Ministry says no cap will be placed on the number of private satellite channels
Instead of relying on technology that is not in their control, businesses should stop using SMS based OTPs and start using other software-based or hardware-based token authentication, which are in their control, says Venkata Satish Guttula.
Writes to Trai, Mumbai Police to catch unauthorised SMS senders
In contrast to the stand by GSM operators, CDMA players like RCom and Tatas hailed telecom regulator TRAI for its "balanced, progressive and transparent" spectrum proposals.
In an interim order on Monday, the Supreme Court directed that Direct-to-Home (DTH) operators may charge no more than 42 per cent of the rates paid by cable operators for TV channels.
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The country's wireless subscriber base fell to 87.05 crore at the end of September, registering the first drop in five months, after Reliance Communications deactivated services of over 1 crore "unprofitable" users.
The Supreme Court will decide this question with regard to broadcast regulator TRAI's intervention in a contractual dispute between two cable TV service providers.
Ending a month-long stalemate over interconnectivity, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India on Thursday directed Bharti to allow its network for the calls originating from Tata Teleservices' wireless in loop-based limited mobile services.
Of late, net neutrality has generated much debate.
Telecom operators say the reason for the low increase in ARPU in the two metros could be linked to the massive reverse migration of labour.
"India's wireless subscriber base during the first half of April 2008, will surpass that of the US and will become the second wireless network in the world," the telecom regulator said. Moreover, the total subscriber base, including wireless and wire-line would also cross 300 million mark in April, it added. Currently, China is the world's largest wireless network and is adding around 6-7 million subscribers every month.
The government on Friday said telecom companies would be heard before a decision is taken on telecom regulator TRAI's recommendations on spectrum related issues, including levying a one-time charge for excess air waves.
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India on Tuesday proposed a 63 per cent reduction in the tariffs for a 2 mbps bandwidth capacity for domestic leased lines at Rs 820,000 annually, to promote Internet and broadband usage.
International long distance carrier Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited on Friday urged the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India to scrap the access deficit charge as it was leading to smuggling of international calls.
The government and the Congress sparred over the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Amendment) Bill which was passed by Lok Sabha on Monday, with Union minister M Venkaiah Naidu saying that Congress was countering it only for the sake of opposition and former minister Shashi Tharoor maintaining there were issues of principle involved.
Telecom operators have cited shutting down of mobile towers and lack of spectrum, as the major reasons for call drops
Mobile phone companies wish to curtail toll-free calls from customers. According to a proposal being evaluated by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai), calls made by customers to the phone company, other than complaints, will have to be charged.
In a bid to enable subscribers to choose their own long distance operator, Trai now plans to start work on carrier access code.
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India on Monday issued an addendum to its consultation paper on unified license regime and said it was ready to consider all suggestions in this regard.\n\n
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