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Jio, BSNL drive telecom subscriber growth to 120.5 crore in Feb: Trai

The sector ecorded an increase in the mobile services subscriber base to 118.36 crore in February from 118.19 crore in January

Trai finds 6 cable firms violating tariff order, seeks compliance in 5 days

Trai found that GTPL Hathway, Siti Networks, Fastway Transmissions, Den Networks, and IMCL are forcing channels and package schemes to users, and subscribers are not able to exercise their choice

Have you heard of Dangal? It's India's most-viewed channel, shows BARC data

The data was released on BARC website for the first time in two months after the implementation of new tariff order as mandated by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai)

TRAI asks broadcast association to explain where's data on TV viewership

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India has asked Broadcast Audience Research Council of India to explain by April 5 why action should not be taken against it

How Trai's tariff order influenced channel subscription behaviour

A research report by YouGov Omnibus, which collected responses from 1,020 respondents in India in March, analyses the impact of the migration on consumer TV viewing behaviour

Continue providing hard copies of telephone bills as default option: Trai

Trai said telecom operators could send electronic copies of the bills to consumers only after their explicit consent.

HC scraps telecom regulator's order to lower number portability charge

Court says TRAI decision on revising cost downward flawed as it disregarded costs to the service providers

Trai to publish recommendation on rules for OTT services soon: RS Sharma

He said India is the only country that has announced to gradually end mobile call termination rates

Trai directs BARC to release TV viewership data for past weeks immediately

Trai rued that BARC India did not comply with its previous instructions

Trai directs distributors to place same genre TV channels together

Trai's directive is important from a subscriber viewpoint as not placing same genre channels together results in consumer difficulty in locating channels

Trai begins review of transaction charges involved in network port-outs

The 'per port transaction charge' refers to the amount payable by the recipient operator to the MNP service provider for processing each porting request of a mobile subscriber

Not yet informed of govt's decision on telecom ombudsman: Trai to DoT

Under present norms, telecom subscribers can register a complaint with the call centre of their service provider

Operators can't charge TV viewers more than 'best fit plan': Trai

TRAI is monitoring the situation and will take action on consumer complaints, if any, on the issue

Show-cause notices to Idea, BSNL for not meeting Trai's call drop norms

Show-cause notices have been issued to two telecom operators -- Idea and BSNL -- for not meeting TRAI's call drop norms in some service areas for the quarter ended September 2018, Parliament was informed Wednesday. The notices were issued to the two telecom service providers (TSPs) on January 18, 2019, Communications Minister Manoj Sinha said in a written reply in the Lok Sabha. The non-compliance on Drop Call Rate (DCR) benchmark pertained to four service areas for Idea and one service area for state-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited, he said. "As per latest report of TRAI for the quarter ending September 2018, all TSPs are complying to Drop Call Rate (DCR) benchmark despite rapid increase in traffic volume and more stringent benchmarks, except Idea in four License Service Areas (LSAs) i.e. Assam, Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and North East; and Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) in one LSA i.e. West Bengal," Sinha said. The service providers have been issued show-cause ...

How Trai's new order will put choice of channels in the hands of consumers

Urvi Malvania explains how the new tariff order by the Trai will put the choice of channel subscriptions in the hands of the consumers, when implemented

2003 redux

Trai's latest intervention in the cable and DTH market has created more confusion than it has solved

Trai gives a month to enforce tariff order, outlines a migration plan

All distribution platforms are required to move all their subscribers to new the framework by February 1

Consumers get time till Jan 31 to pick TV channels after new service rules

Service providers have to prepare for migrating to the new framework by December 28 this year.

Trai gives a month for consumers to choose channels under new tariff regime

The new framework allows consumers to select and pay only for the channels they wish to view

Broadcasters line up bouquets on offer as tariff order deadline nears

Under the Trai tariff order, all broadcasters have to declare the maximum retail price for their channels, and all channels have to be made available on an a-la-carte basis