Telecom

Bharti Airtel has rolled out 4G advanced carrier aggregation (CA) services in Bengaluru. The technology will combine the 2300 MHz time division long term evolution (LTE) and 1800 MHz frequency division duplexing LTE bandwidth capacities […]

RJIL has signed agreements for leasing base transceiver stations with a number of tower companies including Indus Towers, the American Tower Corporation (ATC) and GTL Infrastructure. Through these collaborations, RJIL aims to plug gaps in […]

Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited (RJIL) has announced the launch of full-scale services in the country. As an introductory offer, the operator will offer free access to voice and data services to all users for three […]

TRAI is likely to penalise Vodafone India and Reliance Communications (RCOM) for violating the differential pricing norms that were released in February 2016. TRAI will reportedly impose a ban on the offers given by Vodafone […]

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has issued a consultation paper seeking to bring spectrum usage charge (SUC) for internet service providers (ISPs) under the revenue-sharing regime. The regulator has sought stakeholder comments on […]

DoT has allowed telecom operators to carry out electronic know your customer verification using Aadhaar cards for the issuance of new connections. The facility has been launched across all the circles including Jammu & Kashmir, […]

DoT has come out with new SIM upgradation guidelines mandating that a user’s network should be upgraded from 2G to 3G/4G only with his/her consent. Meanwhile, to reduce the burden on operators, DoT has also […]

The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has deferred the upcoming spectrum auction by two days, from September 29, 2016 to October 1, 2016. The move comes after telecom operators had requested the government to postpone the […]

Telenor India has announced that it will not participate in the upcoming spectrum auctions in the country. The move is reportedly aimed at signalling the operator’s intention of exiting the Indian market where it has […]

The Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MoCIT) is learnt to have cleared the Rs 35 billion spectrum trading deal between Bharti Airtel and Aircel. Airtel had entered into an agreement with Aircel to acquire […]

The Ministry of Communications and Information Technology has stated that the gross block of investments (including both tangible and intangible assets) by private telecom operators increased from Rs 3,656.65 billion in 2013-14 to Rs 4,315.97 […]

The government has imposed a penalty of Rs 23.13 billion on telecom operators for violating subscriber verification norms till May 31, 2016. The penalty has been imposed by the Telecom Enforcement, Resource and Monitoring Cells […]

DoT has issued demand notices worth Rs 1.1 billion to six telecom operators – Bharti Airtel, Reliance Communications (RCOM), Vodafone India, Idea Cellular, Aircel and Tata Teleservices Limited (TTSL) – to recover the first tranche […]

According to the Department of Telecommunications (DoT), the next round of spectrum auctions will begin on September 29, 2016. A total of 2,354.55 MHz of spectrum across the 700 MHz, 800 MHz, 900 MHz 1800 […]

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has issued a consultation paper on the review of network- related quality of service (QoS) standards for cellular services. The paper seeks to review QoS parameters and benchmarks […]

The Bureau of Indian Standards has released guidelines for mobile handset manufacturers that require mobile handsets to have the facility for typing text in English, Hindi and at least one additional Indian official language along […]

The Supreme Court has dismissed the petition seeking a ban on over-the-top messaging applications such as WhatsApp, Hike and Viber. The court has asked the petitioner to approach the TDSAT for necessary action. The petition […]

TRAI has also issued a consultation paper seeking suggestions on whether voicemail, audiotex and unified messaging services should be brought under the unified license (UL) guidelines. TRAI has asked whether separate stand-alone licences for voicemail […]

TRAI has issued a consultation paper to explore the framework for VoIP protocol networks. The regulator has sought suggestions on what should be the additional entry fee, performance bank guarantee and financial bank guarantee for […]

TRAI has issued draft amendments to the Telecom Consumers Protection Regulations under which it has proposed the increase of the validity of mobile recharge vouchers for internet services from the current maximum of 90 days […]