Tag: TRAI

Vodafone Idea moves TDSAT over TRAI’s notice on priority plans promising faster data speed

The development comes two days after the regulator had issued notices to Vodafone Idea and Bharti Airtel on July 11.

July 14, 2020

TRAI advocates domestic manufacturing of telecom equipment, bats for digital sovereignty

TRAI stressed on the importance of providing opportunities for local players in the sector.

June 29, 2020

TRAI recommends using 11-digit mobile numbers with prefix ‘0’

The regulator has also recommended to mandate dialling prefix ‘0’ for calling mobile numbers from fixed line connection.

May 30, 2020

Trai advises public to check applicable rates before dialling into online conferencing platforms

Any inadvertent lapse in this regard may result in significant charges causing bill shocks, it warned.

May 11, 2020

DoT to approach Trai in January to seek its views on new 5G spectrum

This move comes two days after the Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) urged the government to seek Trai's views on 26 GHz band.

December 26, 2019

TRAI increases ringer duration for mobile, landline calls

The ringer time is the duration when the call is neither answered or rejected by the receiving subscriber.

November 2, 2019

Reliance Jio adds 84.45 lakh new users in August; Airtel, Voda Idea lose: TRAI report

Vodafone Idea lost 49.56 lakh subscribers in August, bringing down its subscriber base to 37.50 crore. Whereas the country's third-largest telecom operator, Bharti Airtel, witnessed 5.61 lakh customers exiting its network.

October 19, 2019

Spectrum auction may be completed by November-end: Reports

Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad had said he hoped to complete the auction in the current calendar. Sources also hoped that despite telcos crying about their financial conditions, they all would bid for the auction at a base price and the government would not have any problem in raising at least the expected revenue calculated on the base price of the fully sold spectrum.

September 10, 2019

Department of Telecom preparing cabinet note for Spectrum auction for new government

A whopping 8,293.95 Mhz of telecom frequencies at an estimated total base price of Rs 5.77 lakh crore are expected to go under the hammer. That's over three times the size of the spectrum put for sale in the previous auction in 2016 at Rs 65,000 crore.

May 16, 2019

5G reserve price: TRAI says industry consulted

Bharti Airtel chairman Sunil Mittal had said the 5G spectrum price recommended by TRAI is not appropriate.

March 20, 2019

TRAI extends deadline for selection of TV channels till March 31

Subscribers will be free to change their "best fit plan" until July 31, 2019.

February 13, 2019

Vizag will be innovation, IT hub: Naidu

Naidu said Andhra Pradesh will get 3rd position in the world in terms of ease of doing business and innovative technology.

October 24, 2018

TRAI chief RS Sharma re-appointed for two more years

The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved Sharma's re-appointment for a further period from August 10 up to September 30, 2020

August 10, 2018

TRAI recommends pricing for next spectrum auction

It has issued recommendations for the proposed 5G spectrum in 3300-3600 Mhz band.

August 1, 2018

Sharing Aadhaar number, throwing challenges not in accordance with law: UIDAI

In a series of tweets, UIDAI advises people to refrain from publicly sharing Aadhaar number on social media and “posing challenges” to others.

August 1, 2018

What is Data Protection Bill? This is what Srikrishna Committee report says

The 176-page report has a lot to offer to the much-discussed, and equally debated, arena of data usage and its protection

July 30, 2018

Aadhaar database is ‘totally safe’, UIDAI conveys in 17 tweets

Asks people not to believe Twitter users putting out TRAI chief RS Sharma’s personal details, calling them “fraudulent elements”; UIDAI claims these details were already in public domain

July 30, 2018