Trai doesn’t intervene in tariffs, and any move to set a floor price would overturn this practice. While Trai had rejected the proposal for...

In its Q2 preview, BoFAML said it expects a seasonal decline at Bharti and Vodafone.

Defending the decision to slash interconnect rate to 6 paisa a minute from 14 paisa starting October 1 and zero from January 1, 2020, Sharm...

All the macros on the pharma side are looking good and the rupee which was headwind has now become a tailwind.

“They need to understand the methodology adopted. Globally, in a calling-party-pays regime, there is no zero-IUC regulation,” said Rajan Ma...

The debate over the charge was revived in August last year, when Trai issued a consultation paper proposing to review it.

The industry body represents top telcos Bharti Airtel, Vodafone India and Idea Cellular, which seek a higher IUC, and Reliance Jio Infocomm...

Hemendra Kothari has been one of India’s savviest bankers ever, having built up relationships that endure. Even after retirement, he remain...

Mittal said the free or affordable phone calls customers are enjoying prove that IUC does not come in the way of affordable rates.

In 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...

Any change in IUC has a direct impact on mobile call rates as the charge is taken into account while setting telecom tariffs.

TRAI has sought views on which tariff offers should qualify as "promotional offers" and the need to limit the number of promotional offers ...

RS Sharma said Trai believes that unnecessary interventions don’t help. “In the long run, there should be a minimalistic intervention and r...

While 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 ...

Jio suggested following bill-and-keep model, bringing the two parties at loggerheads again after previously battling over issues of call dr...

Sources aware of the matter said it will take four to five months for Trai to complete consultation process on the highly-debated paper.

TRAI's recommendations not only show a lack of vision, but fail to put available spectrum to auction, storing or holding back of spectrum w...