If a feasible business model is worked out for cable operators, they will not only build the last-mile networks, but also market them among the local population telling people the benefits as well as how to utilise them
India's aggregate NPA as a percentage of GDP is far lower than that in Italy, Greece.
On September 4, Trai issued a consultation paper on call drops.
DoT will have wider consultations with all stakeholders.
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India on Thursday said it would take a decision next week on cellular operators' complaint against Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd's latest international and STD tariffs.
Lifting restrictions on airing news and current affairs and permitting licensees to own multiple licences are among a host of issues Trai has put up in its first consultation paper on FM radio privatisation on Wednesday.
Broadcast regulator TRAI on Monday asked the government to defer the controversial conditional access system for at least another three months, maintaining that this suggestion does not in any way contravene the high court order on the issue.
Its says reconsider lower reserve price, uniform usage charges; GSM players to bear the brunt.
Despite Uber facing a ban across many states, including Karnataka and Maharashtra, for Lingaraju, a driver employed by the company in Bengaluru, it is business as usual.
At the heart of the issue is the way e-commerce is defined in the current draft policy.
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India will announce the Interconnection Usage Charges as applicable to operators on August one.
Telcos say tests were done in the known problematic areas of Delhi-NCR, where operators face issues in obtaining cell sites.
This will be in line with government's vision of Digital India.
The auction will help operators augment expansion of high-speed 4G voice and data services in the world's second largest mobile phone market.
Big three telecom companies term Jio's free voice calls predatory pricing
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India on Thursday specified a ceiling for charges to be paid by subscribers to cable operators, by the operators to multi system operators and by MSOs to broadcasters for both, pay and free-to-air channels.
The move will help telcos, including Reliance Jio, Vodafone, and Idea Cellular
The information containing relevant client details and photograph made available from UIDAI as a result of e-KYC process shall be treated as sufficient proof of Identity and address of the client.
The freebies are now over, but Jio will need to notch up subscriber numbers and margins to prove its sceptics wrong.
As per data, call drop situation in Delhi has improved.
The regulator is also exercising its new powers like collection of information from other regulators, government departments and even commercial enterprises such as telecom companies and banks.
Trai has said the three operators were "intentionally denying and delaying" the provision of points of interconnects (PoIs) to Jio, "only to restrict a new entrant thus violating the terms and conditions of licence and regulations of the Authority which also caused a lot of inconvenience to the consumers."
No promoter is allowed to advertise, market, book, sell or offer for sale, or invite persons to purchase any plot, apartment or building, in a project without registering with the authority.
Has the Modi government been more at odds with institutions than other governments? There is no doubt that there have been more run-ins. While the RBI and CBI cases have drawn attention, there have been others, less publicised, Subhomoy Bhattacharjee points out.
A hot sale of a Chinese product, whether assembled in India or anywhere else in the world, may make the country of origin rule fall by the wayside. Moreover, its execution is challenging for businesses as there are no clear guidelines or definitions from the authorities on what constitutes 'country of origin'.
It would be perfectly possible for a rogue customer to disconnect a call and then claim compensation.
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