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The Doha round saw lack of unanimity in re-affirming to conclude the 2001 Doha Development Agenda.
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A 1978 batch IAS officer of the Jharkhand cadre, Sharma is serving as Secretary of Department of Electronics and IT and has been selected as new chairman of the Trai for three years. He succeeds Rahul Khullar who retired on May 14.
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A doctorate holder in economics and a fluent speaker of Hindi, English and Malayalam, Khullar has made recommendations to the government on thirty four issues including spectrum pricing and DTH licensing during his tenure.
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Trai chairman believes that India needs to draw up its own net neutrality laws. Speaking at a conference, Rahul Khullar says it is crucial that a broad policy framework is drawn up to deal with the entire issue, which in turn will free the government of looking into the micro details.
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Launched in August last year by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Jan Dhan Yojana saw more than 100 million accounts being opened by December itself, while the numbers continue to grow under this comprehensive financial inclusion programme that aims to provide a bank account for every one.
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There are rising concerns over maintaining equal access to Internet amid some service providers entering into tie-ups for offering free access to certain mobile apps and websites.
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Airtel's move comes just a week after Trai released a consultation paper on proposed net neutrality guidelines.
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Rahul Khullar, chairman, TRAI was speaking at a CNBC-TV18 event.
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Amid talks of a new telecom super regulato that could replace the existing Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), former TRAI chairman Khullar discussed the merits and demerits of such a proposal.
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Telecom operators have been pushing for a regulatory framework around OTT players as they see applications like Skype, WhatsApp, Viber etc as competitors who are cutting telecos revenues in voice call and messaging segment.
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Speaking to CNBC-TV18's Malvika Jain, Khullar said they were always upbeat about the auctions.
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A system is already in place for the service and banks need to "wake up and move" on it, Trai Chairman Rahul Khullar said during an Assocham event on financial inclusion.
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The TC meeting is scheduled for January 25 to discuss key issue of spectrum usage charge and other pending policy issue on which the fate of upcoming spectrum auction is depended.
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The government cannot afford to have an industry which has been bleeding for the last four or five years. There is just too much riding on it. Sunil Jain, Editor, Financial Express, feels this panel view will be rejected by the Telecom Commission when it meets on Thursday.
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The message from the telecom regulatory authority of India is pretty dire. Mobile operators using the CDMA or code division multiple access technology for offering mobile services need to either ramp up their act or quit these valuable radiowaves.
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TRAI chairman Rahul Khullar says the telecom body did not rely on any one method to derive the spectrum price. The telecom regulator has cut 900 MHz spectrum reserve price by 60% and 1800 MHz spectrum reserve price by 37%.
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On the recent recommendation on guidelines for TV rating agencies, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India Chairmam said that the present system was "broken" and it is getting fixed now.
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As it released fresh recommendations on guidelines for TV rating agencies today, TRAI said it is not willing to remain a mute spectator over continued inaction over its suggestions and "may suo moto intervene" in larger public interest.
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In its latest recommendations, TRAI suggested that panel homes should be selected from a pool which is at least 10 times the number of panel homes for audience measurement.
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While the industry is picking through the fine points in the recommendations, which recommend a steep 40-60 percent cut in spectrum reserve prices, it is worthwhile to read the justification that Rahul Khullar has provided.
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TRAI chairman Rahul Khullar on Friday questioned why trade in spectrum should not be allowed and added that the government needed to take a decision on the issue soon, reports CNBC-TV18.
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TRAI chairman also added that the problems faced by the telecom sector have nothing to do with the foreign direct investment cap in the sector.
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In an interview to The Hindu, Rahul Khullar says he wants to restrict cross-media ownership and recommend an "institutional buffer between corporate owners and newspaper management."
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TRAI will hike termination charge on pesky SMSes. Telcos may charge 5 paisa per SMS. The new termination charges from June.
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Rahul Khullar, Chairman of Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has said that forbearance in tariffs is likely to continue for sometime.
