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Trai advises speed measurement apps to make methods public for comparison

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) released a "white paper" spelling out the methodology

RCom seeks withdrawal of Trai order asking to refund users' unspent balance

Trai of the view that the demand on customer refunds is fully justified as it pertains to premature closure of services by an operator

Review various levies on telecom sector to fuel growth, says Trai

The regulator said since the present framework for calculating these levies was devised two decades back, it may be appropriate to review the concept of gross revenue and its underlining elements

Issue guidelines to ascertain predatory pricing: TDSAT to telecom regulator

But Jio, which was also a respondent in the matter, said free calls were permissible under the guidelines

Department of telecom aims to clear Trai suggestions by March 31

Trai proposals would be processed and placed before "competent authorities for consideration" within the stipulated timeline, he asserted

Trai issues interconnectivity rules; fixes 30-day deadline for inking pacts

The new interconnection regulations will apply to all the service providers offering telecom services in India

Trai mulls ways for telcos closing operations to return unused balance

Such telcos may crediting the unused amount to the Aadhaar-linked bank accounts of their consumers in a Direct Benefit Transfer type model

Trai may cut mobile number porting cost by 80% to Rs 4 from Rs 19

Trai decided that upper ceiling for per port transaction charge may be reduced as costs of operations of MNPSPs have substantially gone down

Indian telecom subscriber base declines to 1.2 bn in October: Trai data

The mobile subscriber base in the country declined by 48.5 lakh to 117.82 crore in October

Test networks with 5% subscribers: Trai

Trai said a telecom company should be allowed to enroll subscribers for network testing before launch of services

Trai takes the right call

Some niggles still need to be ironed out in net neutrality suggestions

Trai favours removing cap on spectrum holding by telcos

If these suggestions are accepted by the telecom department, they would provide a major relief for the soon-to -be-merged Idea Cellular and Vodafone

Monitoring all offers, will intervene if regulations are not met: Trai

Telecom service providers have joined forces with mobile phone manufacturers to bring bundled 4G smartphones

Trai to meet telcos on international call termination rates

International settlement rates to be paid to the Indian access provider is decided domestically

DoT approaches TRAI on review of spectrum caps for telcos

The recommendations made by the IMG tasked with examining financial stress in the telecom sector

Trai plans to upgrade MySpeed app, mulls new method to track data speed

Draft report on the underlying methodology and algorithms used in the app to be prepared by month-end

Relief for telecom sector, spectrum payment deferred to 16 years

It means the interest rate on delayed payments will come down to 12 per cent

IUC cut a boost for Reliance Industries

The Telecom Regulatory Authority (TRAI)'s decision to cut interconnect usage charge (IUC) by 57 per cent from 1st October and further to nil from start of 2020 further boosted street sentiment towards Reliance Industries (RIL). The RIL stock hit new highs of Rs 872.10 following expectations of better prospects of its telecom venture, Jio. Although analysts had expected IUC charges to be revised from current 14 paise to 7 paise per minute, TRAI reduced it to 6 paise effective 1st October. This should bring down costs for Reliance Jio. Motilal Oswal Securities estimates IUC cost savings of Rs 6,000 crore to Rs 4,500 crore, while adding that Jio's IUC per subscriber should reduce from Rs 85 to Rs 40. Analysts at Kotak Institutional Equities say that for Jio, which is running a net IUC bill of about $1 billion, this would mean an annualised saving of $550-600 million.Not surprising that analysts at CLSA see the cut in IUC boosting RIL's earnings by eight per cent over FY18-20. They have ..

Trai to assess India's potential in manufacturing local telecom equipment

Trai had floated a consultation paper on the subject in December 2010

Trai bats for homemade telecom equipment

Issues paper to identify policy and incentives, aims to beat security threat from foreign goods