Comments Off The telecom ministry is not duty-bound to follow the industry regulator’s advice on policy issues, the solicitor general has said, fuelling concerns that roles of regulators are increasingly getting diluted under this government. Continue reading '‘Telecom ministry not bound to follow regulator’s advice on policy issues’'»
Comments Off Voicing its concern over reports that its telecom companies have been blacklisted by India, China on Friday asked New Delhi to treat its firms fairly and called for an open and transparent system for them to operate in. Continue reading 'China voices concern over India ‘blacklisting’ telecom firms'»
Comments Off Finally some relief for telecom operations as the government is soon going to resume the imports of cheap Chinese telecom equipment into the country. Continue reading 'Govt to soon release norms for telecom equipment imports'»
Comments Off A major tariff war is about to break out between cable operators and the direct-to-home (DTH) operators with the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) considering a reduction of the existing pricing formula for broadcasters on DTH, which is likely to bring down DTH bills by half. Continue reading 'New Trai formula to spark off DTH,cable pricing war'»
Comments Off The Full Telecom Commission Meeting called today by the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has decided to set up a special committee to consider the recommendations of the Pitroda Committee with regards to the restructuring of BSNL, said a source with the knowledge of the developments. Continue reading 'Restructuring of BSNL: DoT to form spl committee'»
Comments Off Sunil Mittal, Chairman of Bharti Group has said that the TRAI (Telecom regulatory authority of India) recommendation on spectrum has created a lopsided situation in the telecom sector. Certain set of operators have got spectrum and they are going to enjoy it for next 20 years at a much lower price and some like us will have to pay much higher if the TRAI report is accepted, he added. Continue reading 'Sunil Mittal slams TRAI over 2G proposal'»
Comments Off The department of telecommunications (DoT) has decided to set up an internal committee to look into mobile firms’ concerns over the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India’s (Trai) proposals, including levying a one-time fee on 2G radio spectrum. Continue reading 'DoT to set up panel to address telcos’ woes'»
Comments Off The Department of telecommunications (DoT) will set up an internal committee to look into the concerns of operators about the latest recommendations of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) that cover a host of issues including corporate restructuring and spectrum pricing. Continue reading 'New vs Old telecom firms: government sets up panel'»
Comments Off Telecommunications minister A. Raja has a reputation to uphold. After allegedly handing out favours to private telecom companies for second-generation (2G) spectrum, perhaps he’s now trying to continue his streak by doling out concessions to public telcos too. Continue reading 'Spectrum on the cheap'»
Comments Off To improve quality of telecom services and make tariff plans easier to understand, telecom regulator TRAI will switch to a quarterly audit of Quality of Service, instead of annually now. Continue reading 'TRAI to review telecom service quality every quarter'»
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