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Telecom Department had sought views of TRAI in August 2017 over proposal to introduce voice, data and video services over Indian airspace for domestic, international and overflying flights. (Photo: File)

TRAI recommends allowing of mobile telephony, internet services for flyers

TRAI recommended introducing voice, data, video services during air travel through both satellite and terrestrial network.

19 Jan 2018 7:00 PM

Nearly 60 per cent of the radiowaves, including premium 4G bands, had remained unsold in that auction.

Trai holds industry-wide consultation on spectrum auction

The last auction held in 2016 had seen a muted response mainly because of high spectrum cost.

18 Jan 2018 4:06 PM

Telecom Regulatory Authority of India will also come out with its views on rules of tariff assessment by next week.

Trai report on mobile service quality of telcos by January-end

Trai hopes to send to the telecom department its inputs on NTP by first week of February.

17 Jan 2018 2:37 PM

At an earlier open house discussion, the issue of domestic and international termination charge was discussed by stakeholders.

TRAI slashes termination charges for international long distance operators

Telecom regulator notified that termination charges have been reduced from 53 paise to 30 paise per minute.

13 Jan 2018 1:50 PM

Vodafone is expected to hold around 47.5 per cent stake in the merged entity and rest will be owned by Idea and promoter Aditya Birla Group. (Photo AFP)

NCLT approves Idea-Vodafone merger

Proposed merger of Vodafone India and Idea will create an entity with a revenue of around Rs 77,500-80,000 crore.

12 Jan 2018 4:32 PM

Government is keen and the telecom minister and secretary have also put a timeline on consideration of Trai recommendation issued up to December 31, 2017.

DoT to take view on Trai's pending proposals by Mar 31

Trai is also expected to give its inputs for the new telecom policy by the end of this month.

11 Jan 2018 6:02 PM

It also approved the IMG recommendation to lower the interest rate on penalties paid by telecom operators by about 2 per cent.

Telecom panel clears easing spectrum limit

The telecom department had sought Trai’s views on whether the current norms should continue or need review.

10 Jan 2018 2:43 AM

The meeting with telecom industry CEOs will be chaired by the DoT Secretary.

DoT to meet telcos, regulator on call drops on January 10

Meeting is also slated to discuss new stringent call drop norms that were enforced by TRAI in Oct last year.

08 Jan 2018 2:00 PM

Panel had also sought views of the Trai on IMG's proposal to relax spectrum cap.

Telecom Commission meeting on Jan 9 over relief package for sector

Commission is likely to discuss relief package recommended by an inter-ministerial group for telecom sector.

04 Jan 2018 5:10 PM

Regulations will apply to all the service providers offering telecom services in India,

Trai issues interconnectivity rules; fixes 30-day deadline for operators

Trai has prescribed a daily penalty of up to Rs 1 lakh per service area for operators violating the new norms.

02 Jan 2018 1:07 PM

DoT suggests cutting GST on telecom services to 12 pc: Sinha

TRAI had favoured reduction of licence fee, cut in Spectrum Usage Charges and relaxation in spectrum pay-out terms.

27 Dec 2017 5:20 PM

TRAI directed Aircel to issue mobile number porting code to its subscribers for moving out of its network and reject none of the request. (Representational Image)

Aircel to shut operations in six circles from January 30

TRAI directed all telecom operators to accept request of Aircel subscribers to join their network till March 10, 2018.

21 Dec 2017 11:45 AM

The present ceiling of Rs 19 is quite high as compared to cost and volumes of transaction involved.

Trai may reduce MNP cost by nearly 80 per cent to Rs 4

It has sought public comments on the matter by December 29, 2017.

19 Dec 2017 2:07 AM

Ravi Shankar Prasad says, 'I am happy to announce today, India today is home to 108 mobile factories in the last three years.' (Photo: Twitter | @BJP4India)

India’s stand on net neutrality clear, US can decide for itself: Govt

Ravi Shankar Prasad also said the government is making efforts to make India a USD 1 trillion digital economy in coming 5 years.

16 Dec 2017 9:06 PM

TRAI to telcos: Submit network data under new call drop rules

Telecom operators may face a maximum penalty of Rs 10 lakh for call drops.

15 Dec 2017 10:21 AM

Trai has formed four working groups to discuss various aspects of the New Telecom Policy.

Trai's views on in-flight connectivity framework by December-end

Trai had begun consultation process for framing guidelines for full-fledged in-flight mobile services in late Sept.

13 Dec 2017 3:02 PM

Number of telephone subscribers in India slightly declined from 1,206.71 million at the end of September 2017 to 1,201.72 million at the end of October 2017.

Indian telecom subscriber base dips to 120 cr in Oct

Mobile subscriber base in the country declined by 48.5 lakh to 117.82 crore in October.

13 Dec 2017 10:27 AM

The test bed at IIT Delhi has been created by with help from global telecom player Ericsson and serves as an incubation centre for startups.

Next stop, 5G

Qualcomm readies design for world's first-ever 5G device.

11 Dec 2017 2:35 AM

TRAI ruled in favour of net neutrality in February 2016 by prohibiting discriminatory tariffs for data, after an extended campaign by internet activists who argued that offerings such as Facebook’s free basics platform violated net neutrality principles.

Indian telecom regulator backs open internet

TRAI opposed any “discriminatory treatment” of data, including blocking, slowing or offering preferential speeds to any content.

29 Nov 2017 7:42 AM

The recommendations on IFC will be issued within 10 days.

Trai to issue Net neutrality recommendations on Tuesday

Trai's recommendations will come at a time when there is a debate raging over Net neutrality globally.

27 Nov 2017 1:48 PM

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