Telecom Regulatory Authority of India

This is How Reliance Jio Catches and Retains Customers

23Jun By Lavina TolaniNo Comments

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This is How Reliance Jio Catches and Retains Customers

Its just been 19 months since Mukesh Ambani led Reliance Jio ventured into the telecom market and bought a new kind of data revolution in the country. Reliance Jio is today India's third largest telecom operator which has widened its revenue market share by 20 percent and has a subscriber share of 15.8 percent. Providing first of its kind "cheap data offers", Jio has not only disrupted the market but has also changed the rules of the game. What is the reason that customers are still flocking to Jio? Broadly speaking, Jio has reinvented mobile phones as a source of mass entertainment. Nearly half of the Jio customers today, use mobile phones primarily to watch television. As per a recent report from Bank of America Merrill Lynch survey cited in Bloomberg, The telecom aggregation...

2May By Lavina TolaniNo Comments

INDIA

Coming Soon in India- Browse Internet, Make calls while in the Air!

Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) came up with some key announcements in its regulatory meeting on Tuesday that will allow users to use internet applications such as Skype and WhatsApp to make voice calls to landline. Moreover, the regulatory body has also given approval for the provision of in-flight connectivity that would let travelers use their mobile phones and browse the internet while traveling mid-air. In-Flight Connectivity to take On-Board According to the new provisions, flight connectivity would facilitate data and voice service once a plane has reached a height of 3,000 meters. There are companies like Etihad Airways, Qatar Airways, Lufthansa, Emirates, are already providing such service on their flights abroad. As per the sources, Telecom department...

18Apr By Lavina TolaniNo Comments

INDIA

One-Stop Tariff Portal for Indian Consumers Launched

Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has launched a beta version of a website that will allow comparison of mobile tariffs of all operators at one roof helping to bring transparency and ease. At the first stage, the beta version has gone live for Delhi circle, and users can click the link to compare mobile tariffs. This is an effort to bring all information at one platform related to mobile tariffs that can help users perform comparison easily", said SK Gupta, TRAI Sectetary in his media interaction. However, the tariff comparison portal does not include spot offers given to consumers by telecom companies in an effort to retain their subscribership. Spot plans offered to individual subscribers are banned by the telecom authority and as such are not legal fo...

Trai For 40% Carbon Emission Cut In Telecom Networks By 2023

24Oct By Press Trust of IndiaNo Comments

INDIA

Trai For 40% Carbon Emission Cut In Telecom Networks By 2023

Telecom regulator Trai today recommended 40 per cent carbon emission reduction in telecom network by 2022-23 with base year being 2011-12. The regulator has also suggested that the government should pass all the benefits granted under various schemes for using renewable energy technologies to telecom operators. "The target for reduction in carbon emission be set as 30 per cent by year 2019-20 taking base year as 2011-12 and 40 per cent by the year 2022-23. The targets should be reviewed in the year 2022-23," Trai said in its recommendation to the Department of Telecom on approach towards sustainable telecommunications. The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has given target of 5 per cent by the year 2012-2013, 8 per cent by the year 2014-2015, 12 per cent by the year 2016-20...

Telecom Regulator TRAI To Strengthen MySpeed, Mobile Data Measuring App

3Oct By Press Trust of IndiaNo Comments

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Telecom Regulator TRAI To Strengthen MySpeed, Mobile Data Measuring App

Telecom regulator Trai plans to strengthen its MySpeed app, which measures mobile data speeds, and will also make its evaluation method more transparent after consultation with operators, its chairman R S Sharma said. Some operators had complained about methods and results of the Trai's MySpeed app, and the regulator will soon come out with a white paper on underlying methodology and algorithms used by the said app for calculating data speeds of various service providers. "We have also contacted Ookla and others. We are trying to understand what their methods are ... We would like all stakeholders to sit together and come to a conclusion over most appropriate methodology," the Trai chairman said. The regulator will also take suggestions from operators on the issue, he said. "We will s...