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DoT to seek Trai's views on 5G; considers spectrum auction in 2020

This new 5G chunk is separate from the Rs 5.22 trillion spectrum sale plan approved by the Digital Communications Commission on Dec 20

Year in Review: Why 5G remained a distant dream for India in 2019 too

Despite several developments on the 5G front, the next-generation network connectivity is still nowhere close to being rolled out in India. Here's why

Mixed signals

IUC extension is welcome, but Trai should take a holistic view

Trai's IUC extension might benefit Jio; limited gains for Voda Idea, Airtel

Incumbent operators fought a public battle against Reliance Jio for the extension of the regime

Airtel will continue to invest Rs 20,000-cr despite slowdown: Sunil Mittal

Mittal said he made a request, on behalf of the telecom industry, for Rs 37,000 crore goods and services tax (GST) refund

Can a floor price for mobile tariffs save beleaguered telecom players?

Within hours of IUC announcement, TRAI released a consultation paper to fix minimum rates for mobile services, a move that can effectively end the regime of free calling and dirt cheap data

Trai initiates move to fix floor rates for mobile phone calls, data

Trai said comments on floor tariffs are invited by January 17.

Trai extends six paise per min IUC charge to other networks till Dec 2020

The charges were reduced to 6 paise with effect from October 1, 2017 from 14 paise charged earlier and it was to become nil from January 1, 2020.

TRAI looking at setting floor price to ensure viability of telcos

Free voice calls and dirt cheap data by billionaire Mukesh Ambani's Jio has wrecked havoc on the industry, which squeezed finances to match them

Over 26,400 complaints received against telcos by Trai during Nov-Jan: Govt

The government is considering setting up a telecom Ombudsman for addressing consumer grievances, said Sanjay Dhotre in the Lok Sabha

Trai issues revised MNP process notice; new norms effective from Dec 16

There is no change in the porting timelines for the corporate mobile connections, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) said

Under NDCP, TRAI seeks industry's views on unbundled licensing regime

The move came after the Telecom Department sought the regulator's recommendation on the issue

Pricing power

Telcos should not give up freedom to set tariffs

Trai revamps mobile number portability, advises 3 working days for requests

Similarly, timeline of five working days has been prescribed for requests for port out from one circle to another

Unleash market forces to realise full potential of SatCom: TRAI chief

RS Sharma asserted that the 'open sky policy' needs to be implemented in "letter and spirit" to unleash the full potential of satellite technologies

Trai unlikely to intervene in telecom tariffs, floor price for now: Sources

As operators have already announced that they will increase tariffs, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India will wait to see how the entire situation unfolds

Telecom tariff: Trai to review transparency in publishing of offers

Sources said that the consultation paper was not related to floor price and related issues, and deals with the specific aspect of communication of tariff offerings by telcos to subscribers

How the telecom mess got messier

Is there a way out? First and foremost, recognise that we are dealing with issues of solvency

DoT hasn't referred fixing telecom tariffs' floor price to Trai: Report

The source also indicated that the telecom department will not intervene in recent announcement by telecom operators to raise tariffs.

Trai seeks disconnected numbers list from telcos to clean up databases

The latest move by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India is aimed at ensuring that banks, insurance companies and others would have a ready list of mobile numbers that are disconnected