Telcos add over 2,000 towers in Delhi to check call drops
According to an official in Department of Telecom (DoT), as many as 2,092 mobile sites (2G and 3G) have been added in Delhi service area in the past 12 weeks which has resulted in the call drop rate to come down considerably.
Nov 22, 2015, 11:45 AM IST
Trai asks service providers to add towers to address calldrops
Trai said it issued the regulations after considering comments of all the stakeholders.
Nov 10, 2015, 22:50 PM IST
No going back on call drop penalty: Ravi Shankar Prasad
Despite mounting pressure from telcos including threat of legal action, telecom minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Thursday said the penalty for call drops announced by the regulator Trai will be implemented as per schedule.
Nov 05, 2015, 19:20 PM IST
Brokerages see TRAI compensation policy hitting telcos profit
Telecom regulator TRAI mandating compensating subscribers for up to three call drops in a day is likely to impact pre-tax profit of Bharti Airtel and Idea by up to 7-8 percent, leading brokerages said even as they expressed doubts over how the policy will be implemented.
Oct 19, 2015, 18:24 PM IST
No significant improvement in call drop issue: TRAI
Regulator TRAI Thursday said there is no significant improvement in the call drop issue in Mumbai and Delhi as operators are lagging on various fronts in meeting the standards.
Oct 15, 2015, 20:05 PM IST
TRAI orders telcos to compensate consumers for call drops
The report also added that the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) have also published the results of the drive tests conducted by it on September 28-29 in Delhi and Mumbai.
Oct 15, 2015, 18:25 PM IST
Address call drop issue: Prasad to Vodafone chief Colao
Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad Wednesday asked the Vodafone Group CEO Vittorio Colao to address the call drop issue.
Oct 14, 2015, 22:19 PM IST
Regret call drops in India, can be resolved in 6 months: Vodafone
Regretting the problem of call drops in India, Vodafone Wednesday said the issue can be resolved in six months through "collective efforts".
Oct 14, 2015, 22:05 PM IST
Call drops more about operational issues: Vodafone CEO
"I am really sorry about the fact that there are (call) drops in India at the level where we would not like them to be," Vodafone Group CEO Vittorio Colao told reporters.
Oct 14, 2015, 20:37 PM IST
Watch: Why your calls drop!
The issue of call drop where phone connection gets break or there is no signal amidst an ongoing call has doubled in the last year, according to TRAI.
Oct 06, 2015, 15:22 PM IST
Aircel to set up 13,000 mobile towers to address call-drop issue
Telecom operator Aircel on Wednesday said expansion of its towers network would address the issue of call drops and it will roll-out 13,000 such sites by the end of this year.
Sep 30, 2015, 19:33 PM IST
Call drop issue: Telecom firms to install mobile towers at post offices
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Sep 29, 2015, 10:32 AM IST
Call drops: TRAI to start testing in Delhi, Mumbai from today
Telecom watchdog TRAI will start testing the networks in the national capital and Mumbai from Monday to ascertain whether operators have taken measures to address the call drops menace.
Sep 28, 2015, 13:41 PM IST
Call drop situation improving, says IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad
Under attack from the Opposition on the call drop problem, Union Communications and Information Technology Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad Sunday said that the situation was improving.
Sep 27, 2015, 16:36 PM IST
Call drops: TRAI to start testing in Delhi, Mumbai from Sep 28
Telecom watchdog TRAI will start testing the networks in the national capital and Mumbai from September 28 to ascertain whether operators have taken measures to address the call drops menace.
Sep 23, 2015, 20:36 PM IST
Call drops: Consumers demand compensation, telcos oppose
Telecom operators have opposed telecom regulator TRAI's proposal to compensate users for call drops even as consumers backed it strongly.
Sep 22, 2015, 19:42 PM IST
'Notify rules for mobile tower installation on govt property'
The Department of Telecom should come out with rules on installation of mobile towers on government property in order to facilitate the process and reduce call drops, industry body Assocham has demanded.
Sep 20, 2015, 15:13 PM IST
Call drops: DoT asks Delhi govt to facilitate mobile towers
With telecom operators blaming lack of mobile towers for the call drop menace, the Department of Telecom (DoT) has approached the Delhi government and the municipal bodies of the National Capital to allow towers.
Sep 15, 2015, 22:03 PM IST
Call drops: Telcos approach DoT, TRAI for de-sealing towers
This is the second letter from telecom companies to government authorities in a month seeking their intervention to de-seal mobile towers being locked by local bodies.
Sep 11, 2015, 22:48 PM IST
Call drops: DoT rings up owners; customers may be compensated
The government has asked their promoters including Anil Ambani, Kumar Mangalam Birla and Sunil Mittal to directly intervene to address the issue, failing which the companies would have to face penal action.
Sep 10, 2015, 19:48 PM IST
