The investment limit for news and current affairs TV channels has been retained at 26 per cent.
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India has recommended auctioning radio frequencies for 3G telecom services at a reserve price of Rs 1,050 crore to companies seeking to offer nationwide high-speed Internet and streaming video.
Everyone in urban India has, on an average, a mobile connection.
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India on Monday directed cellular operators to seek the consent of the subscribers before providing services like voice mail.
Telecom Regulatory Authority said on Friday that it is planning to cut access deficit charge for incoming international calls to Rs 2 a minute from the prevailing Rs 4.25 per minute.
In what could give a big relief to new mobile players, the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) is unlikely to cancel 53 licences - as recommended by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) - for non-fulfilment of rollout obligations.
TRAI has mandated a 6-month validity period for tariff plans.
The Department of Telecom has initiated the process to fill the vacancies in the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India after retirement of two members.
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.
Trai's pre-consultation paper comes at a time when the government is yet to fix a deadline for auctioning spectrum for the third generation mobile services.
These numbers have been submitted to the regulator, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, by various stakeholders in the cable industry, including broadcasters and multi-system operators. These are based on the information collected from the tax departments of various state governments.
Addressing a press conference in Chennai, Akmin Technologies Pvt Ltd CEO and Managing Director S Prashanth said this would mainly target those who wish to create a website on their GPRS enabled mobile phone. Quoting Telecom Regulatory Authority of India's report, Prashanth said at the end of March 2008, India had 14.9 million PC-Internet subscribers, while the mobile internet subscribers stood at 66.09 million.
In an application filed with Trai, Videsh Sanchar Nigam Ltd has sought regulatory approval to reduce prices on one of its premium connectivity modes, DS3, citing an increase in bandwidth on a submarine cable system.
The paying capacity of telcos will not be the same over the next two decades. J S Sarma, chairman of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, says after the regulator recommended a high reserve price for the auction of 2G spectrum.
The paying capacity of telcos will not be the same over the next two decades. J S Sarma, chairman of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, says after the regulator recommended a high reserve price for the auction of 2G spectrum.
The regulator on Thursday asked the Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Jio to withdraw the three-month 'complimentary' offer of unlimited data usage and free calls on payment of a minimum Rs 303.
Mobile telephone subscribers would have to wait a little longer to change their service provider without changing their numbers.
After the quality of service regulations for cable operators in CAS-notified areas, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India has recommended a slew of service obligations for Direct-To-Home operators.
Telecom minister A Raja had said that mobile tariffs should come down to 10 paise for local calls and for 25 paise STD calls per minute.
Trai's decision to reduce the rates of ADC after due consultation would pave the path for lower telecom tariffs, sustained growth, while reduction in rate of ADC on international calls would reduce arbitrage.
SMS messages can be easily wiretapped from outside the network operator's environment using equipment available in the black market.
The MNP service was introduced on a pilot basis in Haryana on November 25, 2010 and later rolled out pan-India from January 20 this year.
The union government has decided to reconsider the cap on foreign capital investment in the information and broadcasting sector, the Rajya Sabha was told on Wednesday.
Proponets of subscriber-linked spectrum allocation and resultant reporting of correct user base got a further boost on Tuesday with Telecom Regulatory Authority of India Chairman Nripendra Misra supporting the authenticity of these figures.
A decision on this issue is important because new operators would shy away from bidding for a standalone 3G licence if they are made to wait for years to get the UAS licence even though they have won bids for 3G. That would make the 3G project unviable from the very beginning.
With the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) directive for operators offering digital television services to allow consumers to select and pay subscription for channels they choose to watch, instead of offering only bundled packages, direct-to-home (DTH) service companies have begun rolling out the services.
...benefiting 350,000 persons. Also, Trai detected and blocked seven million mobile phone connections involved in cyber fraud and suspicious activities.
VAS operators constantly complain that as they provide features, content and a wide range of services like ringer tunes to mobile operators for their customers in the absence of a proper regulatory structure, they don't get adequate financial returns from telcos.
Trai has asked the department of telecommunication to 'keep in abeyance' the grant of new 2G (mobile) licences till the watchdog finalises its recommendations.
Cable TV operators can register under the Cable Television Network (Regulation) Act, 1995, to provide Internet Protocol Television services without requiring any licence, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India has said. In its recommendations, TRAI has also said that the IPTV operators are required to register as cable operators to provide services in the country.
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India has pulled up Cellular Operators Association of India
Department of Telecom may favour TRAI's proposal of reduction in spectrum charges from 6 per cent to 4 per cent of the adjusted gross revenue as it involves no financial hit on the government.
