TRAI considering making per second billing mandatory for all mobile service providers
CNBC has reported that the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India is now considering making it mandatory for all mobile service providers in the country to offer per second billing.
Tata DOCOMO started this trend in India by letting customers pay per second of mobile [...]
India gained 14.4 million new mobile subscribers in July
The numbers are out and they are phenomenal.
India gained around 14.4 million new mobile subscribers in the month of July.
With this, the country now has 442 million mobile users as per the latest information released by Telecom Regulatory Authority of India.
Market analysts believe that [...]
TRAI now wants 2mbps as minimum broadband speeds!
There is good news for every internet user in the country. TRAI has finally heard our cries.
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India has now recommended that the government should make it mandatory for broadband speeds to be at least 2 mbps.
This means that any broadband service offered to [...]
TRAI reveal draft norms for mobile number portability
The telecom regulatory body of India, TRAI has finally released some draft norms for the upcoming implementation of number portability in the Indian market.
Number Portability would enable telecom subscribers in the country to change their service providers without changing their mobile numbers.
This would be a boon for [...]
J S Sarma is the new chairman of TRAI
J S Sarma has taken over as the new chairman of Indian telecom regulatory body TRAI.
He was previously a member of TDSAT.
He replaces Nripendra Mishra.
A K Sawhney had been looking after the TRAI operations after Nripendra Mishra retired on March 22 this year.
TRAI said that [...]
TRAI rules that consent is must for value added services
Indian telecom regulatory body TRAI has ruled that mobile service providers would have to seek explicit consent from their subscribers before activating any value-added service on their accounts.
This is good news for mobile users in the country who often found themselves subscribed to paid services they [...]
TRAI: Airtel has the most congested network in India
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India has revealed some data on the network congestion in the Indian market.
The report said that Bharti Airtel has the most congested mobile network in the market.
Vodafone came second.
Reliance Communications and Idea Cellular tied for the third spot.
The [...]
Indian market saw 13.82 million new mobile subscribers in February
Indian mobile market saw an addition of 13.82 million new mobile subscribers in February.
This is down from 15.41 million new subscribers in the month of January. But that was largely due to the launch of Reliance GSM service.
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India said in [...]
TRAI fixes contention ratio number to improve quality of broadband services
TRAI has announced the limit to a minimum ‘contention ratio number’ of users who share the same bandwidth provided by the internet service provider.
The aim is to improve the quality of service of broadband in the Indian market.
TRAI said in its notification that [...]
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India wants local players to get 3G permissions
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India has said that they are asking the government to limit the spectrum availability for 3G services to existing players only.
This suggestion was made after Department of Telecom asked them on whether foreign players should be allowed to bid for [...]
