Have you ever faced a situation where your friend receives a message with a special offer and you don’t even tough you both are on same network. Well incumbent telecom operators i.e. Airtel, Idea & Vodafone are following this mechanism to offer segmented or say differentiated offers to its users. Well this could be a thing […]
Regulations
Pan India Mobile Number Portability (MNP) coming by April next year : TRAI
TRAI has today recommended implementation of PAN India Mobile Number Portability within the next 6 months. Once implemented it would help customers to change their Service Provider (operator) when they are moving to a new circle from their existing circle.
Results are out – India’s 2G Spectrum Auction ends with a disappointment in just 2 days
The much talked and hyped 2G Spectrum Auction in India came to a disappointing end for both the Government and the mobile phone users as some of the existing telecom license holders whose license were cancelled by the Supreme Court in February this year failed to win the spectrum in some circles and Government of […]
100 SMS per Day Limit is back to haunt you, to stay a liitle longer this time
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has today once again issued new guidelines and regulations to curb the menace of the Unwanted Messages. Few months back. TRAI had imposed a limit on number of SMS to be sent from a single mobile number which was further revised to 200 SMS per day, but now once […]
Supreme Court gives more time for Fresh 2G Auctions to the Government
The Supreme Court of India has extended the time the deadline for 2G Spectrum Auction to 31st August, a relief to many of the operator whose license stand cancelled after the historic decision of the Supreme Court earlier this year. Now all the telecom operators would be able to continue till 7th September after which […]
TRAI proposes a steep hike in 2G Spectrum among many other recommendations
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has today announced its Recommendation on Auction of Spectrum proposing a base price of Rs. 3622.18 crores for the All India 2G Spectrum in 1800 Mhz which is higher than the base price set for the 3G Auctions in 2010. Where as the spectrum in 900 Spectrum shall cost […]
TRAI puts ceiling on Premium SMS Rates & tells operator to offer at least 1 Pay Per Second Plan
TRAI in its latest amendment to the Telecom Tariff Order has made is compulsory for all telecom operators across India to make available at least 1 Plan on Pay Per Second Pulse for both Prepaid as well as Postpaid customers. So in case your favorite telecom operator is not offering per second pulse plan, it […]
TRAI hikes procesing fees by Rs.1 for Top Up Vouchers
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India has amended the Telecom Tariff Order, 1999 thereby allowing operators to charge a processing fees of Rs. 3 on Top Up Vouchers. Last month the central governement hiked the Service Tax that reduced the Talk Time on offer by various operators & today TRAI has allowed allowed telecom operator […]
We could see a tariff hike again, very soon
Sunil Bharti Mittal, the Head of the India’s largest telecom company, Airtel, has indicated that the call tariffs in the country could possibly rise because of the Governments Policy to charge for Extra Spectrum in an interview to a news channel on at World Economic Forum.