Telcos reject call for cheaper, standalone voice & SMS plansTelecom operators Reliance Jio, Airtel, and Vodafone Idea have rejected the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India's (Trai) proposal for man...
16 Jun, 2026, 07.58 AM IST
Need time to study impact of proposed digital competition law, say tech policy advocacy groups21 organisations urge a 5-month extension from the government for insights on the Digital Competition Bill draft, emphasizing the alignment...
22 Apr, 2024, 03.23 PM IST
Telcos unanimous in opposing Trai tougher quality norm proposalsConsumer advocacy groups, however, have backed the regulator in demanding guardrails that hold telcos accountable for the quality of servic...
09 Apr, 2024, 10.42 PM IST
Keep content, broadcasting out of ‘telecom services’, IAMAI tells governmentFirms say definition of ‘telecommunications’ in the draft Telecom Bill, 2022 is ‘overly broad’
15 Nov, 2022, 06.00 AM IST
Pharma sector study will identify steps to boost competition, ensure drug affordability: CCI chiefThe Competition Commission of India (CCI), which keeps a tab on unfair business practices as well as promotes fair competition across secto...
08 Nov, 2021, 04.26 PM IST
Govt improving cyber fraud redressal mechanism on National Consumer HelplineAmid rising number of cyber fraud complaints even on National Consumer Helpline (NCH), the Consumer Affairs Ministry has tied up with its H...
26 Oct, 2021, 09.24 PM IST
CCI assessing model concession agreements in infrastructure, public service delivery segmentsAs part of efforts to curb anti-competitive practices in market place, the watchdog has been taking various steps, including conducting mar...
22 May, 2021, 05.31 PM IST
Internet body red flags DoT move to seek call details"The RTI responses do not support DoT's claim that bulk Call Data Records were only sought for analysing call drops, and they reveal glarin...
16 Jun, 2020, 04.06 PM IST
CCI to conduct study on telecom sector amid changing market dynamicsFrom time to time, the watchdog commissions studies to gather qualitative as well as quantitative information and insights from market part...
13 Oct, 2019, 02.47 PM IST
Trai wants industry body of cloud service providersThe regulator has also tasked the Telecommunications Standards Development Society, India (TSDSI) to develop cloud services inter-operabili...
17 Aug, 2017, 01.18 AM IST
Free Internet platform Gigato is net neutral, claims MavinFree Internet platform Gigato, which was recently termed by Facebook as potentially "damaging to startups" today claimed that it is net neu...
01 Jan, 2016, 10.34 PM IST
Vodafone ties up with Teri to offset carbon footprintVodafone India, the country's second largest mobile phone company in India, tied up with Teri for undertaking steps to offset carbon footpr...
16 Jan, 2014, 06.54 PM IST
Telcos cannot take freedom to fix tariffs for granted, says Trai chairman, Rahul Khullar"Forbearance does not mean that we have closed our eyes. Forbearance repose faith on operators and we realise there is competition in the m...
25 Jan, 2013, 02.36 AM IST
- Trai to review registration process for consumer advocacy
Trai today said it will review the registration process for consumer advocacy groups to bring in more transparency and facilitate more effe...
26 Nov, 2012, 09.34 PM IST
- Trai likely to have revised impact of spectrum price on tariff
TRAI is likely to revise upwards the impact its proposed minimum price for sale of spectrum will have on mobile telephone tariffs.
11 Jul, 2012, 07.32 PM IST
- TRAI issues directive to service providers for providing VAS to users
Further, every service provider shall, at least three days before the due date of renewal of a subscribed value added service, inform the c...
04 Jul, 2011, 05.35 PM IST
- BJP dismisses Sibal's charge, says he is covering up 2G scam
The BJP on Wednesday said Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal was 'defending the indefensible' in the 2G spectrum scam.
22 Dec, 2010, 12.37 PM IST