TDSAT junks Trai's predatory pricing orderPredatory pricing was at the centre of a bitter tussle between the older carriers, Trai and Jio.
14 Dec, 2018, 09.09 AM IST
Trai's rules on predatory tariffs to ensure fair play: Manoj SinhaThe Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) had, last month, issued a tariff order mandating a new formula to determine predatory pric...
29 Mar, 2018, 10.36 AM IST
Trai Chief hits back at telcos; says allegations of bias uncalled forHe said the regulator has framed the rules including that on predatory pricing following the principles of fairness, transparency and consu...
13 Mar, 2018, 08.24 PM IST
Airtel, Idea approach TDSAT against Trai's predatory pricing normsTrai's predatory pricing rules have sparked off a furore in the industry with the older and established telecom carriers as well as industr...
05 Mar, 2018, 10.07 PM IST
Trai ex-chief Rahul Khullar slams new rules on predatory pricing, terms them one-sidedVodafone CEO Colao and Airtel Chairman Mittal have said they would move court against the predatory pricing order, while Trai has said the ...
02 Mar, 2018, 08.37 AM IST
Incumbents slam regulator for rules that ‘Favour’ JioThe Mukesh Ambani-owned telco in turn has condemned the comments against the sector regulator and what it called the fair regulatory proces...
21 Feb, 2018, 09.39 AM IST
SMP definition in tariff order may favour Jio, say analystsIn a recent tariff order, Trai dropped the data traffic volumes metric for assessing whether a telco is an SMP, and restricted the definiti...
21 Feb, 2018, 09.22 AM IST
COAI slams Trai for biased rules favouring Reliance JioCOAI said that Trai's latest tariff order on predatory pricing violated the ‘fundamental right’ of incumbents to carry out business.
20 Feb, 2018, 08.53 PM IST
Telcos find new order unclear on CCI, Trai rolesSome incumbents may shortly seek a clarification from the government on the matter, although this was not independently confirmed by the bi...
18 Feb, 2018, 11.15 PM IST
TRAI fixes penalty for predatory tariffsThe regulator’s decisions are aimed at preventing a recurrence of an acrimonious war between India’s older telcos and Reliance Jio due to a...
17 Feb, 2018, 08.05 AM IST
Telcos to be fined up to Rs 50 lakh per circle for predatory tariffThe regulator also said that telecom operators will have to provide services to all subscribers availing the same tariff plan in a non-disc...
16 Feb, 2018, 09.58 PM IST
Bharti Airtel seeks fresh paper on non-predatory tariffsAt the heart of the pricing issue was Jio offering free voice, text and data services under its Welcome Offer from September 5 to December ...
09 Feb, 2018, 11.46 PM IST
Have power to settle competitive tariff issues: TRAI to CCIThe telecom watchdog held that it had earlier in 2006 too initiated a consultation on tariff plans with lifetime validity that had dealt wi...
07 Aug, 2017, 10.21 PM IST
Anti-trust body raps Trai for stepping into its turfThe strong words from CCI come at a time when Trai is weeks away from issuing its recommendations on predatory pricing and tariff assessmen...
27 Jul, 2017, 11.49 PM IST
Trai to unveil predatory pricing rules in 6 weeksThe regulator has asked stakeholders to put forth their views by April 21 and counter comments by May 1 to determine norms for predatory pr...
19 Jun, 2017, 11.12 PM IST
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 ...
30 May, 2017, 05.33 PM IST
TRAI seeks views on promotional offers, predatory pricingThe issues would be debated as part of a consultation paper on 'Regulatory Principles of Tariff Assessment' issued by TRAI.
18 Feb, 2017, 04.12 PM IST