telecom operators
Trai to meet telcos on international termination rates
Trai will come out with a separate regulation on the international termination charges, currently pegged at 53 paise per minute.
DoT approaches TRAI on review of spectrum caps for telcos
As per the current rules, operators in each access area are not allowed to exceed the cap of 25 per cent of total radiowaves.
Telcos' revenue from services drops 25 pc to 39,777 cr: Trai
Government's earnings through telecom levies also declined both on a quarterly and yearly basis.
Spectrum payment: Telecom Commission nod for 16 year time period
Commission has also approved installation of 2,817 mobile towers in the North East with an outlay of about Rs 2,258 crore.
Ericsson in advance talks with Indian telcos to ink 5G pact
Government has also formed a high-level forum to guide the country to start 5G service by 2020.
High taxes, spectrum cost, IUC cut impacting industry: Old telcos
The recent cut in IUC, firm spectrum prices and high levies like licence fee and GST as big constraints.
IUC cut to hit telcos' biz by Rs 5,000 cr, 2G calls to suffer: COAI
Trai announced slashing of the mobile call connection charge to 6 paise a minute from 14 paise.
Trai recommendations on net neutrality likely in a month
Telecom operators and internet content providers have been at loggerheads over the issue of net neutrality.
Trai gets tough on call drops; slaps penalty of upto Rs 10 lakh
Regulator has made measurement of call drop rate more granular from circle level to mobile towers in a circle.
Draft of new telecom policy by Dec-end: Telecom secretary
New policy formulation comes at a time when the sector is saddled with financial difficulties.