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Noida firm moves Delhi HC, seeks stay on Trai rules on scrubbing messages

Regulations by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) require companies to register templates of their commercial text messages

HC refuses firm relief in plea against curbs on unsolicited messages

The regulations came into effect last Monday but their implementation was deferred for a week by the telecom sector regulator to allow companies to adhere to new norms

Focus on technology

Banks must invest in improving customer interface

After outage, Trai puts on hold regulation on pesky SMS for one week

Users failed to receive text messages including one time passwords for online transactions , and banks attributed the glitches to Trai's new regulations which came into effect on Monday

TRAI suspends norms for commercial text messages for one week

This comes after following disruptions in SMS and OTP deliveries for banking, payment, and other transactions

Wasted spectrum

Telecom auction fails price discovery test

Half of telecom spectrum sold goes to Reliance Jio at Rs 57,122 crore

DoT may garner Rs 20,000 crore as upfront payment in FY21

Spectrum auction: Telcos place bids worth Rs 77,000 crore on Day 1

Revenue garnered from 4G auction may be much lower than reserve price set at Rs 3.92 trillion

TRAI invites suggestions on encouraging R&D in telco, broadcasting sectors

Sector regulator TRAI on Wednesday invited suggestions from industry, academia and public on encouraging Research and Development in telecom and broadcasting sectors. The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has sought stakeholder inputs by March 15, on the issue, according to a statement. TRAI conducted an online brainstorming session on 'encouraging research and development in telecom and broadcasting sector' on Wednesday with academia, industry and institutions, it said. TRAI Chairman P D Vaghela, who chaired the session, highlighted the importance of indigenous R&D in telecom and broadcasting sectors, which will boost domestic manufacturing, and offset equipment imports in these sectors. The TRAI chief said that telcom and broadcasting sectors have a great potential and will play an important role in making India a USD 5 trillion economy. Suggestions received during the deliberation included incentivising R&D efforts in India, need for structured approach to create

TRAI issues recommendations on regulatory framework for DTH services

TRAI has issued its recommendations on the back reference from the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting on the earlier guidelines on the regulatory framework for platform services offered by DTH.

Implement regulations to curb unsolicited commercial calls, HC tells Trai

The Delhi High Court Wednesday directed telecom regulator Trai to ensure 'complete and strict' implementation of the regulation

Ensure strict implementation of norms to curb unsolicited calls: HC to Trai

The Delhi High Court Wednesday directed telecom regulator Trai to ensure "complete and strict" implementation of the regulation issued by it in 2018

Bharti Airtel tops Nov user additions, increases base to 335 mn: Trai data

Increases base to 335 million; Jio still No. 1 with 408 million subscribers

Airtel adds 4.37 mn users in Nov, Voda Idea loses subscribers: TRAI data

India''s largest telecom operator Reliance Jio''s subscriber base stood at 40.82 crore as on November 2020, as per monthly telecom subscription data released by sector regulator TRAI

Space dept, defence min agree to free band worth Rs 60k cr for 5G services

Telecom operators have been demanding 100 Mhz of spectrum in the 3300-3600 band for 5G services but at lower prices

Telecom companies' key revenue metric improves June to Sept: Regulator.

Vodafone Idea's monthly average revenue per user jumped 9.73 per cent to Rs 6,435.79 crore

BARC has a history of ratings pauses, latest being the fourth in six years

First suspension was in April 2015 when those subscribing to television viewership data were asked to switch from TAM, the erstwhile television measurement agency, to BARC

Reliance Jio says all voice calls free from Jan 1 as ICU charges go

Company also announces new data plans offering 1-2 GB data at lower prices than competition

Reliance Jio makes domestic calls to all networks free from January 1

The telco has revoked interconnect usage charges following Trai's announcement earlier this month that the IUC termination for all domestic voice calls in the country would be extended by another year

Jio accuses Airtel, Vodafone Idea of fanning farmers' ire against it

While Vodafone Idea did not immediately react to charges, Airtel called complaint baseless and asked govt to dismiss it