Cable tariffs across the country are set to go up with the TRAI clarifying that operators can hike charges in view of the increase in service tax and the imposition of education cess in Budget.
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.
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India on Thursday said it was looking at fresh initiatives for accelerating the mobile telephony growth in India from the existing level of 2-million subscriber addition every month.
Trai has announced that it may fix prices of pay channels on the direct-to-home (DTH) platform in line with the Rs 5 per channel cap on conditional access system (CAS) services in Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata. This move will lower the fees but hit the income of broadcasters from DTH companies. However, new DTH entrants will benefit from the move as their cost of content will decrease. For the 2 existing DTH companies, Dish TV & Tata Sky, the current rates are likely to continue.
The months-long row between Tatas-owned Videsh Sanchar Nigam Ltd and Reliance-controlled FLAG Cables over the bandwidth issue was resolved 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.
State-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam has challenged a massive reduction in fee paid to it by private operators, saying its rural operations would be severely hit as a result.\n\n
The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) on Friday came out with a revised subscriber-linked policy for spectrum allocation to GSM operators, which is in line with the recommendations of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai).
The cellular operators on Thursday asked the government to release higher spectrum for better mobile telephony, while Trai said it was studying the sector's demands since the efficient use of current spectrum must also be looked into.
Cellular industry's hopes for a compensation in lieu of unified licence may be dashed with the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India finding no merit in it since the cellular operators have already been given sops over Rs 30,000 crore.
Close on the heels of the announcement of revised interconnect usage charges by Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd said on Monday that it will have a "relook" at all tariff structures
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India is likely to announce on Wednesday the revised interconnect usage charges (IUC) regime for the sector.
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India on Thursday indicated that the existing tariffs of all types of services, be it basic or cellular, may come down with the introduction of the new Interconnect User Charge regime.
Cellular operators on Monday asked the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India to consider a compensation to offset loss of 80 per cent of their businesses within a local area, which had been adversely affected with the introduction of WLL services.
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India on Monday pulled up cellular operators for activating auto roaming for pre-paid subscribers without their consent and directed them to discontinue such practice within five days.
Sunil Mittal promoted Bharti Group garnered the largest subscriber base of 37.50 lakh (3.75 million), followed by BSNL and Hutchison Group.\n
Contending that the licence terms for cellular operators are far more lenient, the basic operators asked Trai to do a complete analysis of parameters such as entry fee, roll-out obligation and spectrum to arrive at a level playing field condition.
Complying with a directive from the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, Bharti Televentures, which operates AirTel mobile services, has refunded Rs 32.73 crore (Rs 327.3 million) it levied from subscribers for migrating to revised tariff plans.
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India said on Tuesday that the quality of services by private mobile operators
India's cellular and WLL additions exceeded 67 lakh (6.7 million) during April-July, against 14 lakh (1.4 million) additions a year-ago, owing to the adoption of growth oriented and forbearing tariff policies, TRAI said on Tuesday.
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India on Friday said it has sought information from those mobile operators who are offering tariff packages along with a handset.
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India will announce the Interconnection Usage Charges as applicable to operators on August one.
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India will issue a fresh order on the Interconnect User Charge regime in July, replacing the existing order that came into effect from May, its chairman Pradeep Baijal said on Monday.
Trai had proposed the process for linking 3G spectrum price with 2G spectrum in order to give level playing field to all operators.
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India has invited online customer feedback on the quality of Internet services in the country.
The fall represented the second straight month of decline in subscribers. Users in the segment had reduced by 3.66 million in September, shrinking for the first time in seven months.
Telecom watchdog Telecom Regulatory Authority of India on Wednesday said that the inter-connect usage charge regime would come into effect from May 1, with free incoming calls for all cellular subscribers.
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