May 31st, 2016Telecom regulator Trai today issued pre-consultation paper on net neutrality, a topic that had kicked up dust earlier this year over platforms like Facebooks Free Basics and Airtel Zero as well as attempts to charge certain Internet services, including calls.
Seeking to put in place an overall framework for Internet usage in the...
May 29th, 2016Trying to deflect heat over poor service quality, mobile operators are taking refuge in a new technology to "mask" call drops that show a call as remaining connected even when the network connection is lost and the caller is unable to hear voice from the other side.
Earlier, the call used to get automatically disconnected in case of...
April 10th, 2016Trai Chairman R S Sharma Friday said cost of activation of a new mobile connection can virtually come down to zero if electronic KYC of Aadhaar is implemented as authentication will be done digitally.
He said transaction costs are reduced substantially when Aadhaar is used as an authentication tool.
"If you are taking a mobile...
March 29th, 2016NEW DELHI: People will soon have to dial just a single-number '112' for help during emergency situations such as availing services of police, ambulance and the fire department.
The proposal to have a single number for various emergency services, approved by the inter-ministerial panel Telecom Commission, would be similar to the '911'...
February 8th, 2016Indian Entrepreneurs will be too happy this time. Reason? Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), has finally put to rest the differential pricing debate for at least two years.
TRAI on Monday said that no company or offer to charge discriminatory tariff for data on basis of content effective immediately.
India’s telecom...
January 30th, 2016A big move taken by Trai (Telecom Regulator of India) is ready to reject differential pricing for data services. This move will end the debate on Facebook's Free Basics and Airtel Zero Services. Specially as a huge setback for Facebook, which has spend 300 crores on free basics support Advertisement.
The order is also expected to bar...
January 9th, 2016Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) discards over 14 lakh comments on the differential pricing policy through Facebook's Free Basics campaign.
Slamming the campaign, the regulator body reached out to the supporters of Free Basics pointing towards the fact that the campaign supporters does not answer questions raised by...
January 1st, 2016Reuters: India has become a battleground over the right to unrestricted Internet access, with local tech start-ups joining the front line against Facebook Inc founder Mark Zuckerberg and his plan to roll out free Internet to the country's masses.
The Indian government has ordered Facebook's Free Basics plan to be put on hold while it...
