Page-3 of TRAI
TRAI recommends allowing mobile services during air travel
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has recommended allowing mobile telephony and Internet services for passengers during air travel in country through both satellite and terrestrial network. TRAI’s recommendation comes on request of Department of Telecom over proposal to introduce ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2018
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India upholds net neutrality
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI ) has upheld the basic principles of an open and free internet in its recommendations on net neutrality. Net neutrality means that telecom service providers must treat all internet traffic equally, without any ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2017
TRAI recommends 40% reduction in carbon emission by 2022-23 for sustainable telecommunications
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has recommended 40% reduction in carbon emissions in telecom networks by 2022-23 considering 2011-12 as the base year in order to make telecom sector greener. It was mentioned in TRAI’s recommendation to Department ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2017
TRAI recommends delicensing of some spectrum for M2M services
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has recommended delicensing of chunk of spectrum in few bands to facilitate smooth roll-out of machine-to-machine (M2M) communications. TRAI has suggested that no separate spectrum band will be allocated exclusively for M2M services, ..
Month: Current Affairs - September, 2017
TRAI ink LoI with Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has signed a letter of intent (LoI) with Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) deepen bilateral cooperation in telecom and broadcasting regulation. The LoI was signed on the sidelines of ongoing ITU-TRAI Asia-Pacific ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2017
Union Government forms panel to resolve telecom penalty row
The Union Telecom Ministry has formed a committee to look into the regulator TRAI’s recommendation of a Rs. 3,050 crore penalty on top three telcos — Airtel, Vodafone and Idea. The committee has been asked to give a report on ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2016
TRAI recommends Rs 3,050 crore penalty on Airtel, Vodafone & Idea
Telecom Regulator Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has recommended Department of Telecom (DoT) to impose combined penalty of 3,050 crore rupees on Bharti Airtel, Vodafone and Idea cellular. It had mentioned that the penalty should be imposed on these ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2016
New Virtual Network Operators License Regime – Unified Licence VNO (UL-VNO)
On June 3, 2016, the Telecom Department has released licence guidelines for virtual network operators for license called Unified Licence VNO (UL-VNO). This opens the door for a new class of telecom players in the country viz. VNOs. Earlier, there ..
TRAI launches Myspeed App to measure real time mobile internet speed
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has launched ‘MySpeed’ mobile application for measuring real time mobile Internet speed that consumers get. This is the first application to be launched under the Digital India initiative, which is directly trying to ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2016
TRAI launches mobile app for subscribers to register complaints against pesky calls, SMSes
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has launched a DND (do not disturb) services mobile application for telecom subscribers to register their complaints against pesky calls and SMSes. The new mobile app will help people in easily filing complaints ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2016