Telcos paid Rs 6-crore penalty to TRAI in a year
Telecom operators paid a total penalty of around Rs 6 crore during July 2014-June 2015 to regulator Trai for violation of service quality norms.
Feb 03, 2016, 23:01 PM IST
TRAI recommends PPP model to roll out rural broadband network
A PPP model that aligns private incentives with long term service delivery in the vein of the Build-Own-OperateTransfer/Build-Operate-Transfer models of implementation be the preferred means of implementation, said the regulator.
Feb 01, 2016, 23:39 PM IST
No plausible reason to revise spectrum cap: TRAI
Sectoral regulator TRAI Wednesday recommended that there is no "plausible reason" to change present restrictions on overall spectrum holding and in a frequency band.
Jan 27, 2016, 23:28 PM IST
TRAI recommends Rs 11,485 cr/Mhz rate for premium 700 Mhz band
This rate for the next round of auction, is the highest rate for any telecom frequency band, even as leading operators have sought holding back sale of the radiowaves in this band.
Jan 27, 2016, 20:06 PM IST
TRAI to give differential pricing view by month-end: Sharma
As the whole issue of Net neutrality continues to simmer, telecom regulator TRAI is firming up its view and will come out with its stand by the end of this month.
Jan 21, 2016, 23:22 PM IST
Net Neutrality: TRAI slams Facebook over 'Free Basics', co hits back
A day before the open house discussion on differential pricing of data, a full-scale war of words has broken out between telecom regulator TRAI and social network Facebook over the Net neutrality debate.
Jan 20, 2016, 21:15 PM IST
TRAI releases draft direction on broadband services
The Indian telecom watchdog on Wednesday released draft directions on delivering broadband services in a transparent manner.
Jan 20, 2016, 19:37 PM IST
Chunk of responses on Free Basics rather than net neutrality: TRAI
Academicians from India's premier institutes IITs and IISc have slammed Facebook's Free Basics initiative, terming it "flawed" and "misleading".
Jan 18, 2016, 23:39 PM IST
IIT, IISc faculty slam Facebook's Free Basics
Academicians from India's premier institutes IITs and IISc have slammed Facebook's Free Basics initiative, terming it "flawed" and "misleading".
Dec 31, 2015, 00:13 AM IST
Differential data pricing: TRAI floats paper for feedback
Amid debate over zero-rating plans and telecom firms offering discounted tariffs for accessing certain websites, TRAI today come out with a consultation paper seeking views if such differential pricing should be allowed.
Dec 09, 2015, 23:40 PM IST
TRAI for effective implementation of BharatNet
Telecom regulator TRAI Thursday said it was for the effective implementation of BharatNet, for which it had floated a consultation paper whose recommendations will be available by next month.
Dec 03, 2015, 17:36 PM IST
TRAI issues consultation paper for spectrum auction
Telecom regulator TRAI Thursday issued consultation paper for valuation and reserve price of spectrum in 7 bands including 700, 900 and 2100 megahertz for the next round of auctions.
Nov 26, 2015, 18:40 PM IST
DoT unlikely to hold spectrum auction this fiscal
The government had pegged revenue from communication services, that include upfront realisation from spectrum sale and licence fee, at Rs 42,865.62 crore for the current fiscal.
Nov 22, 2015, 12:25 PM IST
TRAI floats paper on optical fibre network rollout
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) on Wednesday issued a consultation paper on rolling out the national optical fibre network, renamed "BharatNet".
Nov 18, 2015, 23:17 PM IST
Will resolve call drop problem at the earliest: Vodafone
Unhappy over its own service standards, Vodafone India has said it will resolve the call drop problem at the earliest to provide best experience to its customers.
Nov 15, 2015, 16:21 PM IST
TRAI brushes aside telcos' claims on call drop compensation
Telecom regulator TRAI has refuted claims by mobile operators that call drop compensation will have huge financial implications for them and may not be technically possible to implement.
Nov 12, 2015, 23:38 PM IST
Trai rejects telcos' demand to shelve call drop regulations
Sector regulator Trai has rejected demand of telecom operators to withdraw the order mandating compensation to customers for up to three call drops in a day.
Nov 06, 2015, 16:11 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 proposes compensating users for call drops by October 15
Sectoral regulator TRAI will come out with recommendations on compensating consumers for call drops by October 15 while it will also release a service paper in the next few days listing reasons beh
Oct 02, 2015, 10:28 AM IST
Proposal on compensating users for call drops by Oct 15: TRAI
Sectoral regulator TRAI will come out with recommendations on compensating consumers for call drops by October 15 while it will also release a service paper in the next few days listing reasons behind the menace.
Oct 01, 2015, 15:31 PM IST
