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Trai hits back; terms COAI's allegation of bias 'baseless'

COAI had questioned the regulator's urgency in initiating the process of interconnect review, which the association claimed "favours new entrants"

Cross-connections between industry and regulator

Trai chief R S Sharma, who completes one year in office on Wednesday, has taken a few consumer-friendly initiatives, but his relationship with industry has suffered

Trai issues consultation paper to improve network quality

This comes as most of the telcos fail to keep call drop rates within 2% benchmark across major cities

Trai to review inter-connect usage charges

For wireless to wireless, the termination charges were reduced to 14 paisa per minute from 20 paisa earlier

Trai starts rehaul of quality norms for mobile services

Trai feels at present the quality norms are at service area level which may give a different picture on customer experience quality

Trai to identify and address issues for poor uptake of USSD-based mobile banking

USSD technology is used by telecom operators to send alerts to their users

Wireless subscriber base declines to 1,033 mn in May: Trai

Wireless subscription in rural areas increased from 447.84 mn to 448.90 mn in May

TRAI moots telecom ombudsman to resolve consumer complaints

The telecom regulator, in its latest consultation paper has also sought views on modalities such as legal framework, structure, funding

Trai to start mobile service quality consultation this month

Regulator's efforts to address Quality of Service norms likely to come in form of a consultation paper

Trai releases paper on public Wi-Fi networks

Globally, the increase in number of WiFi hotspots from 2013 to 2016 has been 568% whereas India has an increase of 12% only

Trai mulls ombudsman to help resolve service quality issues

Consumers find themselves in a piquant situation as they cannot go to Trai because it cannot entertain individual complaints

Trai reiterates to have a flat rate for SUC

Suggests including alternate factors like market-determined price & technical efficiency of bands to calculate weighted average

Regulator might raise validity of data packs

Currently, pack validity is for 90 days max, leaving a lot of data unused, due to which effective price per MB of data is much higher

Trai now trains guns on quality of data services

Launches MySpeed App for users to measure mobile internet speed and send the results to a Trai Analytics Portal

Trai to fix new service quality norms for mobile data

In the consultation paper we will discuss what can be the average criteria: R S Sharma

Free data welcome but differences galore

Even as most of the telecom operators are open to the idea of providing free data, they have questioned the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India's (Trai's) proposal of a telecom network agnostic platform while some internet companies have expressed concern that it might violate the principle of net neutrality.Operators say if free data can be offered by a non-telecom service provider (TSP), then there is no rationale for Trai to exclude the TSPs, in view of the fact that a TSP-agnostic platform could also indulge in the gatekeeping functions.The regulator, which is exploring a 'toll free' number like facility for accessing online platforms, received comments from 11 telecom operators including internet service providers, 25 companies and organisations, 14 individual who addressed questions raised in the paper and hundreds of one line comments from individuals.Internet-based companies like Hike Messenger, Times Internet and Medianama appreciated the move but with a caution that the fin

Most telcos fail call drop test in Ahmedabad, says Trai

The regulator has conducted the drive tests in Ahmedabad from May 18-20, in Lucknow on May 18-19 and on May 20 in Kanpur

Trai app to check internet speed offered by telcos

The idea behind is that customers should know about the experience of different networks to select the best operator in their locality

Trai seeks feedback on opening DTT

Digital terrestrial transmission is markedly different from the direct-to-home or cable network services

Trai seeks opinion of stakeholders on internet telephony

The telecom regulator sought opinion of stakeholders on issues like entry fee, call termination charges and allocation of numbering resources