Call drops: Unfair to only blame telcos, says Assocham

Last Updated: Thursday, July 30, 2015, 14:20

"...It is unfair to put the blame on the operators only, since many of the critical factors causing the problem are not within the control of the telecom industry," Assocham said.

RS Sharma appointed new TRAI Chairman

Last Updated: Monday, July 27, 2015, 19:44

Government on Monday appointed IT Secretary R S Sharma as new chairman of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India.

CCI not looking at Net neutrality as of now: Member

Last Updated: Monday, July 20, 2015, 16:18

"We are not concerned about Net neutrality at this point of time as the sectoral regulator is yet to firm up its mind ... But we are keeping a watch on it and will act if it is found to be anti-competitive," Sahoo told reporters here.

Telecom Commission to discuss TRAI suggestions on broadband

Last Updated: Sunday, July 12, 2015, 16:50

Inter-ministerial panel Telecom Commission will meet on July 14 to discuss the suggestions of sectoral regulator TRAI on broadband services that may lead to reduction in landline call rates.

File RTI with TRAI to know status of phone complaints

Last Updated: Sunday, July 12, 2015, 14:34

Consumers can seek records of action taken by private telecom service providers (TSP) on their complaints from Telecom Regulatory Authority of India under the RTI Act, the CIC has held.

Telephone connections cross 100 crore mark in India

Last Updated: Friday, July 10, 2015, 21:10

At the end of May, total number of telephone connections stood at 1,002.05 million, of which 975.78 million connections were wireless or mobile, the data released by regulator TRAI today showed.

Maran was evasive during questioning; may be called again: CBI

Last Updated: Sunday, July 5, 2015, 17:44

Former Telecom minister Dayanidhi Maran was "evasive" during his questioning by CBI in a case of alleged abuse of his office in getting installed high capacity BSNL lines at his residences to facilitate speedy transmission of programmes to a TV firm owned by his brother and could be called again.

Count unallocated spectrum in deciding limit: Trai to DoT

Last Updated: Thursday, July 2, 2015, 23:16

Trai's observation, which comes in reply to DoT seekign its opinion, has widened spectrum holding basket for big telecom operators and specially those who are looking forward to consolidation.

Net neutrality report to be out soon, waiting for TRAI: Prasad

Last Updated: Saturday, June 27, 2015, 16:55

Apart from the six-member committee appointed in January this year by DoT, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) had also invited stakeholders comments on issues such as net neutrality and regulation of OTT services like WhatsApp and Skype.

Complete transition to digital cable TV by 2016 end: TRAI

Last Updated: Wednesday, June 17, 2015, 22:28

There will be complete transition to Digital Cable TV by next year end as the process of digitisation was in full swing, a senior Telecom Regulatory Authority of India official said Wednesday.