Telcos split over infra providers as a new category under unified licenceWhile Reliance Jio and Airtel said the current regime is working well wherein infrastructure creation is the responsibility of the licensee...
21 Jun, 2023, 08.35 AM IST
Declare CLS as critical infra; submarine cable repair as essential service: TraiThe Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) recommended the Department of Telecom to form a committee to work on different financial v...
20 Jun, 2023, 10.46 PM IST
Trai floats consultation paper on unified licence regime“Given the importance of digital infrastructure and its linkages to overall socio-economic development, it’s imperative that a conducive fr...
09 Feb, 2023, 11.38 PM IST
Telcos, Wi-Fi providers must collaborate on innovative biz models to spur digital infra: Trai chief"With technologies like industry 4.0, 5G broadcast, Artificial Intelligence, AR/VR, machine-to-machine communication and robotics, the data...
20 Jun, 2022, 09.55 PM IST
Imposed financial disincentives on telcos for not stopping unsolicited commercial communications: TRAI to HCIt has further said that financial disincentives to the tune of Rs 1.33 crore, Rs 1.82 crore, Rs 1.41 crore and Rs 14.99 lakh were imposed ...
24 Nov, 2020, 09.53 PM IST
BIF bats for unbundling various layers in telecom with safeguards to protect competitionTRAI had, in August this year, floated a final discussion paper on enabling unbundling of specific layers of telecom like infrastructure, n...
05 Nov, 2020, 06.41 PM IST
Stocks in the news: Wipro, RIL, Lakshmi Vilas Bank, Eveready Ind, Hero MotoCorp and BPCLKarnataka Bank, Tata Steel Long Products and Rudra Global Infra Products will announce their September quarter earnings on Tuesday.
13 Oct, 2020, 11.02 AM IST
Trai chairman says states making telcos pay for laying infrastructure is "perverse"Sharma also stressed upon the need to accelerate the deployment of Wifi hotspots under the Wifi Access Network Interface (WANI) framework d...
19 Aug, 2020, 04.40 PM IST
Trai broadens scope of telecom infra providersThe sector regulator also recommended that tower service providers, under their expanded scope of operations, be allowed to own, establish,...
13 Mar, 2020, 09.33 PM IST
DoT plans 10,000 WiFi hotspots in a monthThe ambitious ‘Public Open Wi-Fi’ project aims to proliferate the use of Wi-Fi by offering cheap internet connectivity to people in tier-2 ...
09 Jun, 2018, 08.45 AM IST
Aircel rushing to strike intra-circle roaming pacts to keep network goingIndustry insiders added that the chances of intra-circle roaming pacts happening also look slim, consider that the agreements also involve ...
28 Feb, 2018, 06.57 AM IST
- Telcos asked to use hybrid power to run towers
In the next stage, mobile phone companies must scale up their operations such that 75% of rural towers and 33% of urban towers are powered ...
14 Jan, 2012, 03.14 AM IST
- Telcos asked to ensure that towers are run on hybrid power
All telecom companies have been mandated to ensure that that at least 50% of all rural towers and 20% of the urban towers are powered by hy...
13 Jan, 2012, 04.23 PM IST
- Tower companies against TRAI move to impose revenue-share model
The industry lobby representing tower cos has slammed Trai for recommending that telecom infrastructure cos be brought under the revenue sh...
02 Jan, 2012, 04.00 AM IST
- Trai recommends tax benefits to telecom infra companies
Trai has recommended that telecom infrastructure be considered as general infrastructure and make tax benefits available to the sector.
13 Apr, 2011, 11.02 PM IST
Satyam fall-out: Call for R Rao's ouster from govt selection committeesMP Abani Roy has asked the PM to oust ISB dean Rammohan Rao from government selection committees.
26 Dec, 2008, 09.06 PM IST
- Tatas on an African safari again
The Tatas are picking up 26% in a telecom co in South Africa. It is Tatas' second telecom venture in S Africa.
22 Aug, 2006, 01.42 AM IST