Tag: TRAI

TRAI begins operator-assisted drive tests to check call drops

In a bid to check the quality of mobile services, regulator TRAI has begun operator-assisted drive test that captures real-time data to monitor the level of call drops and voice quality across multiple cities. "The operator-assisted drive tests have started in all the five regions of TRAI, and a number of cities have been covered,"...

February 16, 2017

Trai forms joint panel to identify outdated regulations

Telecom regulator Trai has set up a joint committee consisting of industry representatives to examine and identify regulations and tariff orders that are out of sync with times. "We have formed a joint committee with industry representatives, which will identify regulations and tariff orders that have become obsolete. The committee will give its advice to...

February 15, 2017

Trai forms joint panel to identify outdated regulations

Telecom regulator Trai has set up a joint committee consisting of industry representatives to examine and identify regulations and tariff orders that are out of sync with times. "We have formed a joint committee with industry representatives, which will identify regulations and tariff orders that have become obsolete. The committee will give its advice to...

February 15, 2017

‘Operator-assisted drive tests to check call drops soon’

Telecom regulator Trai has said that 'operator-assisted' drive tests, which measure call drops and service quality, would start across various locations soon. These tests would be conducted around each of Trai's five regional offices including Jaipur, Hyderabad and Bangalore, by March. "The operator-assisted drive tests where operators do their own drive tests and Trai participates...

February 5, 2017

Trai to review tariff rules with telcos

Telecom regulator Trai will soon form a joint committee with telecom operators to review tariff rules, telephone numbering plan and work towards making its monitoring more transparent. "We will form a committee consisting of Trai officers and telecom operators' representative to suggest which are the provisions that have become obsolete and need to be changed....

January 6, 2017

Vodafone plea against TRAI recommendation premature: Centre

The Centre on Tuesday termed as "premature" the plea by telecom major Vodafone challenging TRAI's recommendation to impose Rs.1,050 crore penalty on it for not providing interconnectivity to Reliance Jio. Additional Solicitor General (ASG) Sanjay Jain, appearing for the Centre, argued before Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva that Vodafone's plea was a "complete abuse of process of...

January 3, 2017