Broadcast regulator Telecom Regulatory Authority of India will hold a meeting with the stakeholders on Thursday to discuss how to roll-out conditional access system in the metros.
State-run BSNL on Saturday approached telecom tribunal TDSAT against sector regulator TRAI's decision to cut a levy paid by private operators to the public sector company for its rural operations.
Broadcast regulator TRAI is likely to fix the maximum retail price for television channels under the Conditional Access System regime, which will require a nine-month transition period as per the consensus, the government said on Monday.
As per TRAI norms, Vodafone and Airtel are close to getting added spectrums, given their growing subscriber rates.
While the government is planning to introduce mobile number portability (MNP) in metros in the near future, preliminary developments suggest the subscribers and service providers will share the Rs 200 cost of every such portability operation.
The declining prices of mobile handsets and low connectivity costs have helped in doubling Internet access through cellphones this year.
Players such as Net4, Sify and Worldphone Internet Services are offering International long distance (ILD) calls that work out to less than a rupee a minute by using a technology called Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP). Around 80 million minutes worth of calls are made via VoIP every month (legally), according to Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI).
New Chairman of Telecom Regulatory Authority of India Nripendra Misra said on Wednesday there were no differences between the regulator and the Department of Telecom.
In a blow to Tata Teleservices, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India has asked the company to refund the excess amount charged from customers under its Walky plan.
The new broadcasting regulator Trai on Wednesday said it will strive to end the monopoly of cable operators by creating an atmosphere for entry of more players while regulating industry tariffs in the interim.
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India on Thursday released a common charter of telecommunication services for adoption by all the service providers.
Broadcast regulator Telecom Regulatory Authority of India has struck down Nimbus' appeal to price its two sports channels at a premium to market rates, including in conditional access system areas.
The proposals to get cable operators to offer digital signals aren't going to work unless the government mandates CAS-systems across the country.
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India on Tuesday directed the cellular and basic telecom operators to provide accessibility to Internet services for cellular subscribers.
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India may look at excluding SMSs while formulating a policy on unsolicited commercial calls.
Cable operators and MSOs in the city were happy with today's developments.
Currently, the base price (Rs 5) is also the maximum retail price for pay channels in CAS areas. The biggest impact of price revision will be on the forthcoming 55-city roll out of CAS, as proposed by Trai, and also the extension of CAS in rest of the three metros.
At present, in BSNL and MTNL, there is no such proposal for reduction of landline call charges and mobile roaming charges, officials of both the companies said.
After lifetime validity plans, differential tariffs have come under the scrutiny of Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, which is planning to formulate policies to check discrimination in such tariffs
Telecom regulator TRAI has said private GSM operators were acting as a "cartel" against MTNL and BSNL and charging higher tariffs from customers for calls terminating in the networks of the two state-run companies.
It is not the urban centres alone that are powering India's phenomenal growth in mobile telephony. Data on rural telephony, compiled by the telecom regulator, shows people in villages are subscribing to mobile services in large numbers
The telecom regulator explains how he's hobbled by government policy and clarifies some parts of his latest recommendations.
The 40 per cent market share cap suggested by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) is likely to make mergers between existing telecom operators extremely tough.
Work at Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) office on Wednesday came to standstill after Municipal Corporation of Delhi sealed its building.
Trai suggested steps to ease regulatory norms for mergers and said that there should be no cap on the number of mobile operators in India.
Communications Minister Dayanidhi Maran on Thursday said the government was targeting a three-pronged solution to the issue including computer penetration, connectivity and good content.
Bharti Group chairman Sunil Mittal on Tuesday said the unified licensing regime proposed by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India could not be pursued in its present form, as it was in contradiction of the TDSAT judgement.
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India is understood to have taken a decision to recommend auction of spectrum for the launch of next generation (3G) mobile services.
The average revenue per user, an indicator of revenues for telecom service providers, of GSM operators has declined, while that of CDMA operators is on the rise.
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