No entry fee to migrate to Unified License, proposes TRAI

11 Feb, 2012, 9:08 am IST Naina Khedekar Mobile services 1 Comments

TRAI who has initiated several regulations starting the second half of last year has now proposed to operators that they need not pay entry fee for migrating More

TRAI to step-in to address tariff woes, says MNP's the way

03 Feb, 2012, 10:46 am IST Anuradha Shetty Mobile services 3 Comments

Yesterday, the SC got many heads turning after it revoked the licenses of some 122 telecom companies ... More

TRAI reveals MNP's a hit; 29 million requests processed, already

31 Jan, 2012, 6:03 pm IST Anuradha Shetty Mobile services 1 Comments

The Telecom Regulatory Association of India (TRAI) made some official data figures public, yesterday, a part of which ... More

Telcos can share spectrum, but with conditions

31 Jan, 2012, 11:10 am IST Naina Khedekar Mobile services

Last year in November, the telecom ministry had put forth the implications of 3G sharing. Telcos were accused ... More

DoT to charge one-time fee for spectrum beyond 6.2MHz

28 Jan, 2012, 2:37 pm IST Naina Khedekar Mobile services 1 Comments

Telecom commission has now declared that it will charge a one-time fee for extra spectrum that goes beyond ... More

TRAI waives off daily cap on computer based SMSes

26 Jan, 2012, 12:12 pm IST Naina Khedekar Mobile phones 2 Comments

The telecom ministry has taken control over unsolicited calls and messages by telemarketers last year. It began with the 100SMS/day initiative but later raised More

Australian regulators fine Nokia for text message spam

25 Jan, 2012, 10:45 am IST Naina Khedekar General

Advertisers may have pinned their hopes on mobile advertising, considering that the medium has shown great ... More

TRAI to block bulk international SMSes next

23 Jan, 2012, 1:56 pm IST Anuradha Shetty General

In a move, which proved to be a benchmark of sorts, last year, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) ... More

Telcos to publish tariff plans in newspapers, says TRAI

17 Jan, 2012, 10:30 am IST Naina Khedekar General 2 Comments

TRAI has been striving hard to get things in order, be it asking telcos to provide usage details to prepaid customers ... More

TRAI releases Telecom Subscription Data Nov'11 report

10 Jan, 2012, 5:58 pm IST Anuradha Shetty General 1 Comments

In a report put out by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), it has been revealed that in November, last ... More

Telecoms may have to compensate subscribers for poor services

10 Jan, 2012, 5:58 pm IST Anuradha Shetty General 4 Comments

If the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) makes up its mind, then very soon, subscribers ... More

TRAI orders call, SMS, data usage details to be given to prepaid users

09 Jan, 2012, 10:45 am IST Anuradha Shetty General 5 Comments

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has been off late working very hard towards improving the affairs ... More

TRAI's directive to improve customer service

06 Jan, 2012, 5:44 pm IST Anuradha Shetty General

Customer service provided by mobile service providers in the country hasn't been the most impressive, to say the ... More

Telcos illegally adding 3G roaming subscribers, says BSNL

04 Jan, 2012, 10:59 am IST Naina Khedekar General

Worries for private telcos over 3G services just don’t seem to end. The telcos had earlier approached The Telecom ... More

DoT stresses that TDSAT dismiss 3G petition of telcos

03 Jan, 2012, 11:20 am IST Anuradha Shetty General

Seems like the going is only getting tougher for telcos operating in the country, seeking 3G roaming agreements. More

HC issues notices to telcos over extra SMS charges

29 Dec, 2011, 4:12 pm IST Naina Khedekar General 6 Comments

Those who’ve been annoyed over paying additional charges for SMS sent on special occasions like festivals, ... More

TDSAT steps in to address service providers' 3G woes

26 Dec, 2011, 2:40 pm IST Anuradha Shetty General

Several wireless telecom service providers operational in the country suffered a setback when the government ... More

Telcos to terminate 3G roaming agreements at Govt.'s behest

23 Dec, 2011, 1:07 pm IST Naina Khedekar General 4 Comments

The termination of 3G roaming agreements had earlier compelled telcos like Vodafone, Idea and Airtel to send a joint letter to Kapil Sibal... More

TRAI earns Rs.6 lakhs by fining telecoms for pesky calls, SMSes

17 Dec, 2011, 9:50 am IST Anuradha Shetty General

Reducing the number of pesky calls and SMSes, if not wiping it out completely became the agenda of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), ... More

Telcos violating MNP norms invite government's wrath

02 Dec, 2011, 5:13 pm IST Anuradha Shetty General

Early this year, Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh flagged off one of telecom industry's most popular service, ... More