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DoT seeks legal opinion on creation of ombudsman under Trai

The Trai Act may be modified to create an ombudsman with power to penalise operators or compensate consumers

Too much disturbance

Trai's solutions remain inadequate

Trai not into PR role, does its job transparently: R S Sharma on detractors

In his first interview after winning a second term at the helm of TRAI, Sharma said legal options are available for anyone not happy with a particular regulation of Trai

R S Sharma reappointed as a Trai chairman, gets two-year extension

It was during Sharma's tenure that the telecom sector witnessed the entry of Reliance Jio and rock-bottom tariffs, forcing the industry to face severe financial stress

India should aim for net zero imports of telecom equipment by 2022: Trai

According to data shared by Trai, the export of telecom instrument stood at $1,201.7 million

Trai recommends Rs 5.7-tn auction plan for 8293 Mhz mobile radio waves

Based on these recommendations submitted to the government, the base prices and timing for the next round of auctions will be finalised

Trai revises rules on pesky calls, spam msgs; clarifies telcos' obligation

The regulator asked telecom operators to ensure that commercial communication takes place only through registered senders

Data privacy: Govt to wait for Srikrishna panel's report before framing law

Trai recommendations will primarily act as an input to the Srikrishna-led panel, which is working on the broader aspects of data privacy

Current framework not enough for privacy, stop-gap measure needed: Trai

IAMAI said that companies will not be able to build a business in India if regulations follow these guidelines

Towards digital security

Trai's guidelines are just what the doctor ordered

No proposal before Trai to amend interconnection usage charges: Manoj Sinha

Telecom operators levy interconnection charges on incoming calls from the network of the other operator

People should have right on their data, companies are mere custodians: Trai

It said that in order to ensure sufficient choices to the users of digital services, granularities in the consent mechanism should be built-in by the service providers

Trai issues changes to interconnect regulations, tweaks norms

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) had sought views and comments from the industry by May 18 on these draft regulations

Madras High Court asks Trai to revise tariff on Cable Landing Stations

The order was issued in appeals filed by Tata Communications and Bharti Airtel against a single judge order, which upheld the Trai's decision on the tariff

Privacy of telecom users: Trai to use blockchain as weapon against spams

There will be various methods to take the consent and Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) is currently deliberating those

Trai unveils beta site for comparing telecom tariffs under one platform

At present, the operators offer information on various tariffs on their own websites

Telcos face fine up to Rs 5 mn per circle if service rates are predatory

Sectoral regulator Trai has notified transparent pricing norms for telecom operators clearly defining the concept of non-discrimination and non-predation and also levying of penalty to the tune of Rs 5 million per tariff plan for each service area if an operator is found to be indulged in offering predatory tariffs.Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has come out with new rules on transparent pricing after incumbent operators complained to it against new entrant Reliance Jio for offering predatory tariffs as they were below cost and not compliant with the principles of interconnect usage charges (IUC).However, in the new rules, Trai has clarified that IUC cannot be taken as floor for the retail tariff and it decided to remove the requirement of IUC compliance from the reporting requirement. Trai said prices are considered predatory when the significant market players (SMP) sets its price so low that it can be considered rational only if it reduces competition, eliminate ...

Trai advises speed measurement apps to make methods public for comparison

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) released a "white paper" spelling out the methodology

RCom seeks withdrawal of Trai order asking to refund users' unspent balance

Trai of the view that the demand on customer refunds is fully justified as it pertains to premature closure of services by an operator

Review various levies on telecom sector to fuel growth, says Trai

The regulator said since the present framework for calculating these levies was devised two decades back, it may be appropriate to review the concept of gross revenue and its underlining elements