By Editor on March 24, 2011 · Leave a Comment
TRAI has stated that it will soon be announcing new date for implementation of new telemarketing guidelines.
According to Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) Chairman J S Sarma, DoT (Department of Telecom) should be able to take a decision in about 15-days.
TRAI, which was supposed to implement the guidelines by March 21, had postponed it without giving a new date.
According to the telecom watchdog, the implementation is getting delayed as DoT is yet to submit a series of landline numbers to it which will make it difficult for telemarketers to operate from mobile networks.
The new regulation, which calls for restricting unwanted calls and imposition of steep penalties on offenders, was first supposed to be implemented from January 1 this year but has been delayed thrice till now.
Sarma also stated that TRAI will issue a discussion paper on the 4G mobile services in a couple of months. They expect to complete the recommendations made on equipment manufacturing, green telecommunications as well as infrastructure policies by month end after which they will take up 4G. Along with 4G, TRAI will also be holding discussions on other subjects like IUC charges and reforming and liberalization of spectrum.
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By Editor on November 26, 2010 · Leave a Comment
The Indian telecom regulator TRAI has promised that it will cease all the unsolicited calls and SMSes that troubles the mobile customer.
According to J.S. Sarma, chairman, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, they are working on a system of telecom consumer grievance monitoring system. The grievance will be monitored by TRAI and time-bound replies will be ensured to you. This will be launched shortly.
Over the next few days, the regulator would come up with regulations to bring to a close unwanted SMS and calls of commercial nature.
By Editor on October 7, 2009 · Leave a Comment
The Indian mobile sector, a darling of the Indian stock markets has just fallen from grace. Fears that a renewed tariff war may bring its dream run of profit growth to an end and could force smaller players to sell out or shut shop has caused the leader, Bharti Airtel to lose 17% in two trading sessions. Reliance Communications has fallen 11% and Idea Cellular fell 8%.
Mobile tariffs in India are already the lowest in the world. On Monday, Reliance (RCOM) announced the slashing of tariffs across the board for local, roaming and long-distance calls to 50 paise, i.e under a cent per minute.
In addition to this, the Indian Telecom regulator suggested on Monday that telecom operators shift to per-second pricing as opposed to per-minute. After the Indian stock market got jittery with this announcement and telecom stocks started tumbling, the regulator (TRAI) was seen as diluting their position on this statement, stating that proposal on per-second billing was at an initial stage and too much was being read into the issue.
TRAI chairman J.S. Sarma also said that mobile operators were free to oppose the scheme and the regulator would consider their opinion during the consultation process.
Sunil Mittal, the chief of Bharti Airtel said tariffs were best left to market forces.
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