New call drop norms in a week, spectrum sale paper in August: TraiThe Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) expects to float consultation paper for the next round of spectrum auction.
Drive test to check call drops likely from this month: TraiIndependent drive tests are going to begin. Actually, there was some gap (problem) which has been removed...they should start probably from...
Bharti Airtel to put a cap on permissible call drops voluntarilyAirtel has decided to voluntarily set a maximum permissible call drop limit for itself, which is more stringent than the cap prescribed by ...
Consumers dismayed by SC ruling on call drop penaltyConsumer Voice, one of the consumer groups that participated in the call drop compensation consultation process, said the decision was not ...
Call drop penalty is unheard of in any other country: Nitin Soni, Fitch RatingsIn an interview with ET Now, Nitin Soni, Fitch Ratings, gives his take on the call drop penalty.
Proposal to give free minutes to customers flawed: Rajan Mathews, COAI"If you are experiencing call drops in a particular area how does it make sense to continue to give you free minutes in the area where you ...
Now, an app to alert user about call dropA Pune-based start-up claims to have launched a mobile application that will alert caller about possibility of call drop after analysing a ...
Call drops: Never crossed two per cent limit, telcos tell Supreme CourtOnly one telecom operator has been penalised so far for the call drops while several service providers were given show cause notices, but t...
Telecom operators get a week more to submit report on call dropsThe telecom regulator has given mobile phone companies an extra week for submitting their compliance report on compensating consumers for c...
Telcos to monitor call drops, Trai may not have any external monitoring systemAccording to the government, there are over 180 reasons, or “heads”, why call drops happen — including self-termination, battery drainouts.
Ravi Shankar Prasad claims improvement in call-drop situation, but says more need to be doneCall drop situation has improved but telecom operators are still falling behind the benchmarks and need to improve, Ravi Shankar Prasad.
Trai stands by order on call drop penalty; to review telcos’ contention over next two weeksRS Sharma said operators were free to go to court to challenge the order. “Every association has a legitimate right to put up their concern...
Trai call drop norms to hurt telcos' earnings by 5%: BofA-MLTerming the telecom watchdog's policy to compensate users for call drops difficult to implement, Bank of America Merill Lynch today said it...
TRAI asks telcos to compensate for call drops from January 1The compensation will, however, be limited to three dropped calls in a day, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) said in a statemen...
Call drops: Experts find loopholes in Trai compensation normsExperts have raised concerns over the implementation of telecom regulator Trai's new rules regarding the compensation to consumers for call...
TRAI regulation on call drops implementable; has been issued after detailed analysis: Ram Sewak Sharma"The Authority is strongly of the view that the entire mechanism for compensation for call drop to consumers is implementable."
Finance minister Arun Jaitley pulls up Vodafone global chief Vittorio Colao for call dropsJaitley told Vodafone Group CEO Vitorrio Colao that if he sees an important number on the screen of his mobile phone, he uses the landline ...