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The DoT has already allocated 5 MHz of spectrum in the 700 MHz band to Indian Railways in 2021. Telecom signals transmitted in the 700 MHz band can cover an area in the range of 6-10 km.
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"In India, composition of the revenue basket of wireless access service providers has undergone a sea-change in the period from the year 2013 to 2022," the TRAI said in its consultation paper on Regulatory Mechanism for Over-The-Top (OTT) Communication Services, and Selective Banning of OTT Services.
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The regulator yesterday asked Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Jio to withdraw the three-month 'complimentary' offer of unlimited data usage and free calls on payment of a minimum Rs 303.
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Telecom operator Reliance Jio has approached advertisement sector watchdog ASCI against Bharti Airtel saying the latter's claim of being "officially the fastest network" is "misleading" and done in "mala fide manner in collusion with" broadband speed tester Ookla.
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The average peak download speed on Reliance Jio network more than doubled to 17.42 megabit per second at the end of January, according to data by telecom regulator Trai.
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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.
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Telecom regulator TRAI today extended the last date for comments on the contentious Net neutrality by a month to March 15.
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Reliance Jio (RJIO) today told Delhi High Court that telecom regulator TRAI has held that its free offers to subscribers was perfectly legitimate.
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Cellular operators under COAI have approached telecom regulator TRAI against state-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL's) new limited fixed mobile telephony services.
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Telecom regulator TRAI is likely to recommend to the Department of Telecom (DoT) that Aadhaar-based eKYC be allowed even for outstation customers who want to get a mobile connection in a particular service area.
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Telecom regulator Trai today launched final consultation on controversial net-neutrality issue on which telecom operators and Internet-based companies are at loggerheads.
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"There is one area where we need to do a lot of work and that area is broadband connectivity," Trai Chairman, RS Sharma said.
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Telecom regulator Trai will soon
initiate a consultation process for formulating a framework to
govern machine-to-machine communication and Internet of Things
technologies that are at the heart of concepts such as smart
homes and smart cars.
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The government has proposed to provide broadband connectivity to 2,50,000 village panchayats under the ambitious BharatNet project.
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The move would benefit telecom service providers too who can measure their performance against other operators, Sharma said.
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Millions of people have tried to switch off from the internet in what has been termed as
"digital detox" after feeling overloaded by the web, a new UK study said today.
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In February 2015, during the previous review of IUC, the regulator removed charges that a landline service provider has to pay to other players for transmitting a phone call of its customers.
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"While taking a view on this matter, all possible steps should be considered by the DoT (Department of Telecom) to move to a simple, transparent and flat ad valorem SUC (spectrum usage charge) regime in accordance with law," Trai said in its reply to reference sought by the DoT.
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Telecom regulator Trai said it will launch a mobile application which will help a consumer to measure internet speed on his smartphone and send results to the authority.
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"Before setting up any enquiry, we will seek details of radio-link technology (RLT) from telecom operators around parameters that are applicable globally, they are following here and parameters that they have been following over a period of one year," Trai Chairman R S Sharma told reporters on sidelines of India Satcom event.
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"DoT has sought a comprehensive view from us on Net neutrality. It should be done in a couple of months," Trai Chairman R S Sharma said on the sidelines of an event of the CASBAA India Forum.
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Trai chairman RS Sharma says: "We have received good inputs from other stakeholders and we will only consider inputs that are relevant for framing regulations. The final report on differential pricing should be ready by January-end."
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Total wireless subscribers in Asia's third-largest economy rose to more than 1 billion at the end of October from 996.7 million at September-end, the data showed.
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Although the paper by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India does not mention or use the term net neutrality, it details the idea of zero-rating platforms that have stirred up the big debate across the country on the issue.
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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.
