Tag: Trai

Telecom operator Vodafone Idea is all set to raise tariffs for its prepaid users by around 20 per cent from November 25

New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: Reliance Jio that has recently started delivering JioPhone to its customers has restricted free voice calling service to 300 minutes per day. Company sources said to avoid misuse of the service, Reliance Jio will allow a maximum of 300 minutes (5 hours) free calls per day. The connection can only be used for […]

New Delhi: The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) in a white paper released on Friday said although deployment of the 5G network would require substantial investments, the operators which currently have 4G network would need a lesser amount of investment as they can use their existing 4G infrastructure for 5G services. The white paper […]

New Delhi: The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) amended the Mobile Number Portability (MNP) regulations to ease and quicken the process of portability. The timeline for porting a mobile number within the Intra-Licensed Service Area (Intra-LSA) or the same circle has been limited to two days and that in a different circle or an […]

San Francisco: Apple puts a spam-filtering app “Do Not Disturb” on its iOS App Store, months after regulator Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) threatened to ban iPhones if the firm did not approve the app by January 2019. “Fed up with years of waiting for Apple to implement anti-spam measures for iPhones, India’s telecom […]

New Delhi: The Centre has re-appointed Ram Sewak Sharma as Chairperson of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) for a further period of two years. According to an official information note issued by the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) on Thursday, the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has approved Sharma’s re-appointment for […]

New Delhi: Travel industry observers have welcomed the Indian telecom regulator’s recommendation to allow both Internet access and mobile phone calls on board aircraft in Indian airspace. “It is a progressive move and good for today’s travellers who want to be connected all the time,” Sharat Dhall, COO (B2C) with Yatra.com told IANS. “Also brings […]

New Delhi: Reliance Jio has topped the telecom regulator’s 4G download speed test for the eighth consecutive month, official data showed on Monday. According to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India’s speed data, Jio recorded average speed of 18.433 Mbps for the month of August. It was followed by Vodafone (8.999 Mbps), Idea Cellular (8.746 […]

New Delhi: Majority of telecom operators will seek legal redressal against Indian telecom regulator’s decision of slashing mobile termination charges to 6 paisa per minute from 14 paisa, Cellular Operators’ Association of India’s Director General Rajan S. Mathews said. “Clearly this is a disastrous tariff order. We have indicated earlier that the regulator has to […]

  New Delhi:The Indian telecom regulator on Tuesday came out with a regulation where it has more than halved the call termination charges from mobile to mobile to 6 paise per minute effective from October 1, 2017. “For mobile to mobile, termination charge has been reduced from 14 paise per minute to 6 paise per […]

New Delhi: After three open house discussions and debates, the Indian telecom regulator feels it would be able to furnish its recommendations on net neutrality to the government within a month. “I think today’s discussion was very fruitful. This is the third in the series of discussions that we had on net neutrality. The kind […]

New Delhi:  The Indian telecom regulator has floated a consultation paper on spectrum auction of various bands on Monday where it sought the stakeholders opinion on matters like when should the next spectrum auction be held and what should be the block size for bands that will be put up for auction among many other […]

New Delhi: At a time when the telecom industry has witnessed a lot of free offers, several telecom service providers on Thursday suggested to the regulator the idea of imposing a floor price for voice and data. “The operators today have discussed the idea of creating a floor price for voice and data services. The […]

New Delhi: Reliance Jio has recorded highest average speed in 4G in the month of March, the telecom regulator said here. According to the data published by myspeed.trai.gov.in, Jio’s average speed stood at 18.487 Mbps till April 1, 00.30 a.m. The speed recorded is the highest among other players like Bharti Airtel, Idea Cellular and […]

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) released an amendment to interconnection regulations of 2017 which provides for a framework for technical compliance of conditional access system (CAS) and subscriber management system (SMS) for the broadcasting and cable sector.