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Govt all set to crackdown ads between shows 06 April 2012
A good news for all the television watchers, very soon it will be easy to watch their favourite shows and movies with less advertisements in between. TRAI has decided to restrict and fix an upper limit on the duration of advertisements...
Keywords: Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, Govt all set to crackdown ads, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India
Read MoreNumber portability in entire nation delayed 02 January 2014
Full mobile number portability (MNP) service will not be available nationwide anytime soon. The department of telecom (DoT) has not accepted the recommendation for nationwide MNP by sector regulator, said the secretary of Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) Rajeev...
Keywords: Trai Secretary Rajeev Agrawal, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, mobile phone companies, MNP Service
Read MoreTRAI mulls customer norms for telcos losing licences 14 February 2012
Users have the option of number portability, allowing them to change their service provider without having to change their phone number, but TRAI feels that many customers are unaware that the existing provider cannot extend services beyond four months if...
Keywords: Supreme Court, Tata Telecom, Etisalat DB, Videocon
Read MoreAll should be allowed to bid in 2G auction: Bharti Airtel 08 February 2012
Under a fair market mechanism, all players should be given equal opportunity to participate when a 2G auction takes place, leading telecom firm Bharti Airtel said Wednesday. "We are believers of the market mechanism where everybody must have a fair...
Keywords: Bid in 2G auction, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India., Fair market mechanism, Fair market mechanism
Read MoreSC supports TRAI's 200 SMS limit 04 December 2012
The Supreme Court has ordered a stay on the TDSAT, telecom Tribunal's order which earlier had lashed out against the poorly thought out cap of 200 SMS per day per sim. TDSAT has earlier sent a circular against the current...
Keywords: supreme court, tdsat, tdsat, 200 sms cap
Read MoreKeep consumers in loop on charges: TRAI 06 January 2012
In a move to bring in more transparency and end consumer woes, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) on Friday asked operators to ensure that subscribers are informed every time an amount is deducted from their account for different...
Keywords: Telecom Consumers Protection Regulations, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited, Telecom Consumers Protection Regulations, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India
Read MoreCAG can audit telecom companies accounts 06 January 2014
The Delhi High Court on Monday said Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) can audit the accounts of private telecom companies under relevant provisions of the law and Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) Act. In 2010 telecom tribunal...
Keywords: private telecom companies, Business News, Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI), Aam Aadmi party
Read MoreIndia’s is second largest country, in terms of Mobile users 21 October 2011
The most controversial and the convenient mobile phone has made the country the second largest subscriber base in the world, just behind China. The gadget with excellent advantages and an equal amount of contra statements has made an average feel...
Keywords: Teledensity, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, Mobile density, Mobile Number Portability
Read More8.44 million new mobile users in February 26 March 2012
The country has added an average of 7 million new users in during the previous months, taking the total number of GSM users in the country to 656.86 million. India's GSM operators added 8.44 million subscribers in February, the highest...
Keywords: Cellular Operators' Association of India (COAI), subscribers, Vodafone, Supreme Court
Read MoreA common emergency response number for the nation... 21 January 2013
Finally, India seems to have woken up to the urgency of having a single emergency response number on the lines of America's 911. This number may be called for any emergency - police, fire or ambulance. To speak more, The...
Keywords: emergency, response, the telecom regulatory authority of india, emergency
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