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Trai scanner on international roaming rates

According to a Trai, operators are charging exorbitant international roaming rates to some countrie

Trai dials DoT, seeks package for stressed telecom firms

The telecom sector recently had several meetings with the govt to get a breather

Telecom woes: Govt, Trai discuss policy; IMG brainstorms on firms' demands

To look for remedies at the whopping Rs 4.6 lakh crore debt that is ailing telcos

Telcos ask Trai to fix floor price for voice call, data

Incumbent operators also took up with Trai the issue of interconnect usage charges

Cell tower operators seeks abolition of property tax

The industry body, Taipa said no competence to levy and collect such tax under Indian Telegraph Act

Trai to consider tighter norms, user refund for global SIM card companies

Trai follows detailed discussions with international SIM card and global calling card companies

Trai to meet telcos on June 15 to discuss financial stress in the sector

The CEOs will also meet Union Minister of Communication Manoj Sinha on June 22 or 23

Trai wants one-year validity data packs to woo first-time telecom users

Trai launches 'MyCall' app that enables subscribers to rate the quality of a phone call

Trai launches apps to monitor call quality, measure data speed

Govt and regulator have refused to lower their guard on the issue of call drops

TRAI floats consultation paper on data speeds in broadband plans

TRAI has invited comments from stakeholders by June 29 and counter comments by July 13

TRAI rules on tariff assessment in a month, says R S Sharma

To issues like promotional offers and predatory pricing

Trai bars discriminatory tariffs to same set of subscribers

Reliance Jio had filed the complaint with Trai against Bharti Airtel in April

Trai bats for private players in satellites

Rising communication needs make it necessary for private players to venture into the space

Trai to look into complaints of customised retention offers by telcos

Trai asserted all offerings by telcos need to be transparent, non-discriminatory and filed with Trai

Trai to roll out new app to rate call quality

To enable the subscribers to rate the service quality after completion of a call

Jio fallout: Trai to frame rules to test network before commercial launch

Telecom Regulatory Authority of India on Monday commenced the consultation process to frame rules for network testing before full-fledged commercial launch, a move ostensibly taken in the light of controversy that erupted at the time of Reliance Jio's commercial launch.TRAI consultation paper has come after the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) requested it to provide its recommendations on testing of network before commercial launch of services including enrolment of customers for testing purposes, duration of testing period etc.The regulator said that the consultation paper has been prepared to discuss issues involved, possible solutions and framework to bring clarity on the matter.Incumbents including Bharti Airtel and Idea Cellular had petitioned Telecom Disputes Settlement Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT) alleging inaction by TRAI for Reliance Jio's alleged violation of the tariff orders and regulations.TRAI has said that the telecom service providers are required to install ...

Penalty on telcos: Trai reply to DoT this month in Jio case

The incumbent operators and Reliance Jio clashed last year over the issue of call connectivity

Facing flak over Jio's entry, Trai starts process of network testing rules

The last date for seeking comments on the issue is May 29 and for counter comments June 12

Trai simply watching telecom sector collapse: FinMin official

He said the system was completely losing faith in the 'unelected' regulators

Trai forms subgroups to identify, weed out obsolete rules

Telecom regulator TRAI has constituted three subgroups in areas like licencing, tariff and service quality, to identify and weed out obsolete regulations and order. The entire exercise is likely to be completed in next 2-3 months, a senior TRAI official said. The official, who did not wish to be named, said that the three advisors of TRAI -- Sanjeev Banzal (Networks, Spectrum and Licensing), Vinod Kotwal (Financial & Economic Analysis) and Asit Kadayan (Quality of Service) -- are heading the individual subgroups. "The idea is to identify obsolete regulations that have already outlived their purpose," the official said. The subgroups, which also include industry representatives, will jointly examine and identify regulations and tariff orders that are out of sync with the times. One such area of this could be paging where services and related regulations have become outdated and are no longer relevant. Similarly, there may be regulations related to technology, like CDMA, which