Call drops: Telcos approach DoT, TRAI for de-sealing towers

Last Updated: Friday, September 11, 2015, 22:48

This is the second letter from telecom companies to government authorities in a month seeking their intervention to de-seal mobile towers being locked by local bodies.

Call drops: TRAI Chairman to meet CEOs of telcos Wednesday

Last Updated: Tuesday, September 8, 2015, 23:00

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has proposed that service providers should compensate mobile subscribers for call drops and poor quality of services.

Call drops: Govt hits out at operators for lack of investment

Last Updated: Tuesday, August 18, 2015, 19:17

Hitting out at telecom operators for lack of investment in networks leading to call drops, the government today said they cannot escape the responsibility of meeting standards as it is their basic service obligation.

Call drops: Govt, telcos in blame game as problem rises

Last Updated: Monday, August 17, 2015, 23:16

Pulling up telecom operators for frequent call drops, government Monday said they are not making serious efforts to resolve the menace even as the companies warned of worsening of services unless a nation-wide policy is put in place for easy erection of mobile towers.

Call drops: Govt says telcos not making serious efforts

Last Updated: Monday, August 17, 2015, 20:51

With mobile operators blaming lack of towers for frequent call drops, the government today hit back saying companies are not making serious efforts to address the issue and asked them to take urgent remedial measures.

Call drop: Lack of towers to worsen situation, say telecos

Last Updated: Monday, August 17, 2015, 18:32

Under fire for frequent call drops, top telecom operators Monday said problems will further deteriorate unless operational difficulties are tackled in installing towers and sought a national policy in this regard.

Operators have to intimate customers about data usage: TRAI

Last Updated: Friday, August 7, 2015, 23:12

India`s telecom regulator TRAI on Friday made it mandatory for telecom operators to issue notices in form of USSD or SMS about data usage to its customers at regular intervals.

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.

DoT mandates telcos to share networks during disasters

Last Updated: Wednesday, July 29, 2015, 18:44

To improve communication network during disasters, the Department of Telecom (DoT) has asked telcos to share network with subscribers of other operators and also directed them to give public alerts to the users.

Now, you may have to pay for local Skype, WhatsApp, Viber calls

Last Updated: Friday, July 17, 2015, 11:14

A DoT panel has proposed regulation on Internet-based apps like Skype, Whatsapp and Viber by putting them on par with services offered by telecom operators.

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.

BSNL starts offering free roaming across India

Last Updated: Monday, June 15, 2015, 20:18

"From today no more roaming charges on #BSNL. A step towards realising dream of One Nation-One Number. A promise kept," Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad tweeted today.