Setting floor for telecom tariffs may not be practical: TRAITrai doesn’t intervene in tariffs, and any move to set a floor price would overturn this practice. While Trai had rejected the proposal for...
Street call: No stress busters yet; Airtel, RIL a buy, Voda Idea neutralIn its Q2 preview, BoFAML said it expects a seasonal decline at Bharti and Vodafone.
Hurt by baseless criticism that questions integrity: Trai Chief RS SharmaDefending the decision to slash interconnect rate to 6 paisa a minute from 14 paisa starting October 1 and zero from January 1, 2020, Sharm...
Overweight on pharma, betting on IT as hedge against weak rupee: Sanjiv Bhasin, IIFLAll the macros on the pharma side are looking good and the rupee which was headwind has now become a tailwind.
Airtel, Vodafone, Idea to move court on IUC cut“They need to understand the methodology adopted. Globally, in a calling-party-pays regime, there is no zero-IUC regulation,” said Rajan Ma...
Vodafone calls Trai move to cut IUC 'retrograde'The debate over the charge was revived in August last year, when Trai issued a consultation paper proposing to review it.
Incumbents telcos likely to move court against IUC cutThe industry body represents top telcos Bharti Airtel, Vodafone India and Idea Cellular, which seek a higher IUC, and Reliance Jio Infocomm...
Suits & Sayings - Wackiest whispers and murmurs in corporate corridors & policy parloursHemendra Kothari has been one of India’s savviest bankers ever, having built up relationships that endure. Even after retirement, he remain...
Interconnection charges have no relation with tariff: Sunil Bharti MittalMittal said the free or affordable phone calls customers are enjoying prove that IUC does not come in the way of affordable rates.
Bharti Airtel chairman Sunil Mittal urges Trai to veto 'bill & keep,' maintain IUCIn a rare letter to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai), Mittal said IUC — which was well below cost at 14 paise a minute — ha...
Major telcos push for doubling mobile call termination chargeAny change in IUC has a direct impact on mobile call rates as the charge is taken into account while setting telecom tariffs.
TRAI rules on tariff assessment in a monthTRAI has sought views on which tariff offers should qualify as "promotional offers" and the need to limit the number of promotional offers ...
Airtel vs Voda vs Jio: Trai chief says telcos making too much of noise, rules out floor for call ratesRS Sharma said Trai believes that unnecessary interventions don’t help. “In the long run, there should be a minimalistic intervention and r...
India has taken the lead on net neutrality & world is watching us: RS Sharma, TRAI chairmanWhile telcos can’t be allowed to discriminate, one has to keep in mind their need to manage traffic depending on issues such as quality of ...
IUC latest point of conflict between incumbents and JioJio suggested following bill-and-keep model, bringing the two parties at loggerheads again after previously battling over issues of call dr...
Trai’s order on IUC likely to come into force by FY18Sources aware of the matter said it will take four to five months for Trai to complete consultation process on the highly-debated paper.
TRAI recommendations on auction of 2G spectrum are consistent with its dismal recordTRAI's recommendations not only show a lack of vision, but fail to put available spectrum to auction, storing or holding back of spectrum w...