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Trai extends deadline for stakeholders' views on 5G spectrum auction paper

Last date for comments on 5G spectrum auction paper is now Jan 10

Regulators, policymakers should predict innovation-led disruptions: TRAI

Regulators and policymakers should proactively follow technological developments, predict innovation-led disruptions and manage them effectively and constructively, at a day and age where new generation of mobile communication will be seen in less than 10 years, TRAI Chairman PD Vaghela said on Friday. The role of regulators should be to create a facilitating, flexible, adaptive and light-touch regulatory ecosystem, which is based on the cardinal principle of forbearance, Vaghela noted. "We are in that age, where we will see a new generation of mobile communication in less than 10 years. For example, 5G is not even deployed fully and there is already a buzz of 6G technology," the TRAI chief said addressing India Mobile Congress (IMC) 2021 event. The regulators and policymakers should proactively follow the technological development, predict the innovation-led disruptions and manage the disruptions effectively and constructively, he said. An enabling regulatory environment would hel

Bharti Airtel gets maximum consumer complaints, govt informs Parliament

The telecom regulator Trai has received the highest number of complaints against Bharti Airtel followed by Vodafone Idea and Reliance Jio, Parliament was informed on Friday

Trai seeks views on simplifying process for telecom, broadcast players

Trai in its consultation paper on 'Ease of Doing Business in Telecom and Broadcasting Sector' has sought views on making all the permissions online and setting up a single-window clearance system

Allow port out SMS facility irrespective of tariff offer: Trai to telcos

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India took a strong note of telecom service companies not providing outgoing SMS facility in certain pre-paid vouchers

Reliance Jio complaints to Trai over Vodafone Idea new tariff plans

Reliance Jio is learnt to have written to the sector regulator Trai complaining that the new tariff structure of Vodafone Idea allegedly restricts entry-level customers to port their mobile number

TRAI begins consultation on 5G auction, seeks views on private networks

Consultation paper dwells on issues related to spectrum pricing, valuation methodologies, service roll out, cap on holding and upfront payment and moratorium terms for future auctions

TRAI releases paper to discuss modalities for 5G spectrum auction

TRAI has sought comments from stakeholders on various issued outlined in its consultation paper by December 28, 2021

Trai proposes nil charge on USSD messages for mobile banking, payments

The Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) messages get displayed on the screen of mobile phones and are not stored like SMSes

Allow satellite operators buy capacity from foreign players directly: Trai

Satellite service providers in the country should be allowed to directly buy capacity from an approved list of foreign players

What explains the stagnation of the cable TV industry in India?

The lure of better quality made people choose DTH and streaming services over wired cables in recent years. What is the status of the cable industry and what is its future outlook? Let's find out

Trai invites views on framework to set up satellite gateway in India

Trai has invited stakeholders' views to explore framework for setting up satellite gateways in India -- demand for which is rising due to the development of satellites in low and medium orbits

Broadcasters take another hit

The battle of wills between the world's second largest TV market and its regulator, which began maybe five years ago, continues

Jio gains 649,000 users in August, Airtel adds 138,000, shows Trai data

Reliance Jio's mobile base stands at 443.8 million, that of Bharti Airtel's is 354.1 million and Voda Idea 271 million

Jio tops 4G chart with 20.9 Mbps download speed in September: Trai

Reliance Jio maintained the top position in the 4G speed chart with a 20.9 megabit per second (Mbps) average download rate in September, as per telecom regulator Trai

Bharti Airtel to test 5G services in India on the millimetre band

The band is considered suitable for next-generation 5G services even as Trai is yet to discover the price of these bands

Reliance Jio adds 6.5 mn users in July, Vodafone Idea sheds 1.4 mn

Airtel subscribers up 1.9 mn in July

Trai's suggestion to waive RoW charges to reduce network rollout cost: COAI

Telecom regulator Trai's recommendation to waive right of way charges for the next five years will significantly reduce the overall cost of network rollout for companies, industry body COAI said

Trai's order paves the way for tariff hike by telecom operators

Telcos offering segmented tariff offerings has been a bone of contention for a while

Trai directs telcos to ensure only tariffs filed with it are offered

Trai directed all telecom service providers to immediately ensure that only tariffs that are reported to it are offered through their channels, distributors or retailers