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Govt all set to crackdown ads between shows 06 April 2012
A good news for all the television watchers, very soon it will be easy to watch their favourite shows and movies with less advertisements in between. TRAI has decided to restrict and fix an upper limit on the duration of advertisements...
Keywords: Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, between shows, Cable Television Network Rules., between shows
Read MoreNumber portability in entire nation delayed 02 January 2014
Full mobile number portability (MNP) service will not be available nationwide anytime soon. The department of telecom (DoT) has not accepted the recommendation for nationwide MNP by sector regulator, said the secretary of Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) Rajeev...
Keywords: telecom regulator, DoT, MNP Service, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India
Read MoreCAG can audit telecom companies accounts 06 January 2014
The Delhi High Court on Monday said Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) can audit the accounts of private telecom companies under relevant provisions of the law and Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) Act. In 2010 telecom tribunal...
Keywords: private telecom companies, India Business News, Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG), Delhi High Court
Read MoreKeep consumers in loop on charges: TRAI 06 January 2012
In a move to bring in more transparency and end consumer woes, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) on Friday asked operators to ensure that subscribers are informed every time an amount is deducted from their account for different...
Keywords: Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, Telecom Consumers Complaint Redressal Regulations, Transparency, Telecom Consumers Protection Regulations
Read MoreIndia’s is second largest country, in terms of Mobile users 21 October 2011
The most controversial and the convenient mobile phone has made the country the second largest subscriber base in the world, just behind China. The gadget with excellent advantages and an equal amount of contra statements has made an average feel...
Keywords: 865.71 million Mobiles in India, Mobile density, Mobile Number Portability, 865.71 million Mobiles in India
Read MoreAll should be allowed to bid in 2G auction: Bharti Airtel 08 February 2012
Under a fair market mechanism, all players should be given equal opportunity to participate when a 2G auction takes place, leading telecom firm Bharti Airtel said Wednesday. "We are believers of the market mechanism where everybody must have a fair...
Keywords: Bid in 2G auction, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India., TRAI, Bharathi Airtel
Read More8.44 million new mobile users in February 26 March 2012
The country has added an average of 7 million new users in during the previous months, taking the total number of GSM users in the country to 656.86 million. India's GSM operators added 8.44 million subscribers in February, the highest...
Keywords: Cellular Operators' Association of India (COAI), Idea Cellular, subscribers, Airtel
Read MoreA common emergency response number for the nation... 21 January 2013
Finally, India seems to have woken up to the urgency of having a single emergency response number on the lines of America's 911. This number may be called for any emergency - police, fire or ambulance. To speak more, The...
Keywords: single emergency response number, emergency, emergency, nationwide
Read MoreTRAI mulls customer norms for telcos losing licences 14 February 2012
Users have the option of number portability, allowing them to change their service provider without having to change their phone number, but TRAI feels that many customers are unaware that the existing provider cannot extend services beyond four months if...
Keywords: 2G licences Uninor, Loop Telecom, fresh guidelines, S Tel
Read MoreSC supports TRAI's 200 SMS limit 04 December 2012
The Supreme Court has ordered a stay on the TDSAT, telecom Tribunal's order which earlier had lashed out against the poorly thought out cap of 200 SMS per day per sim. TDSAT has earlier sent a circular against the current...
Keywords: trai, 200 sms per day, 200 sms limit, supreme court
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