India now has more than 500 million telecom customers
Indian market continues to grow at an amazing rate when it comes to telecom and mobile services.
The country now has 500 million customers of landline and mobile services.
India reached this milestone in September this year.
At the end of September month, India had 509 million telephone subscribers. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
15 million new mobile subscribers in January in India
India might be facing issues when it comes to the broadband revolution with companies like Airtel throttling user’s internet connectivity.
But the mobile segment continues to see tremendous growth.
The Indian market saw an addition of 15 million new mobile connections in the month of January alone. [...]
