The website of telecom regulator Trai remained inaccessible for a few hours for the second consecutive day due to a technical snag in its system provided by the National Informatics Centre. The site has been facing frequent outage since Monday when it made comments public that it received in response to consultation paper floated for regulation of over-the-top players and net neutrality. “A router... 

Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has asked state-run operator BSNL to improve quality of services, especially in border and extremist-affected areas, in a bid to become market leader and win back people’s confidence. The minister also said that the government is committed to revive BSNL and numbers of initiatives are in the pipeline to bring the PSU back to the position of market leader. Prasad,... 

To check the call drop menace, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) will soon put in place a new set of ‘service quality benchmarks’, non-adherence to which may lead to stricter penal action against the mobile operators. The new parameters should be announced within a month, Trai Chairman Rahul Khullar said on Wednesday. “It is a work in progress,” Khullar said on the... 

Mobile subscribers from May 3 will be able to port their numbers anywhere in the country while changing service providers, as telecom regulator Trai has amended the regulation on it. Mobile Number Portability (MNP) currently allows consumers to change their service provider while retaining the same number only within a telecom circle, which in most cases, is limited to a state. A person, for instance,... 

The ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 is one of the most anticipated sporting events this year. Cricket’s biggest tournament begins on February 14 in Australia, and fans in India can’t wait for the India vs Pakistan match on February 15. Most of us will be following the action on our televisions at home, but if you’re stuck in office or just don’t like having a TV, you can still watch... 

The much-awaited auction of 2G and 3G telecom spectrum has been deferred to March 4 from February 25, an amended Notice Inviting Application by the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) said Tuesday. The last date of submissions of applications is now February 16 – postponed from February 6 as declared earlier. The total spectrum put to auction is 103.75MHz in 800MHz band, 177.8MHz in 900MHz... 

Telecom regulator Trai has issued draft regulations to facilitate full mobile number portability which is set to start from May 3. The full or nationwide mobile number portability (MNP) will allow consumers to change service provider in any part of the country while retaining their existing number. At present, mobile number portability allows consumers to change their service provider within a telecom... 

Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd (MTNL) today announced the launch of SMS Based Activation Facility for some Special Tariff Vouchers (STV) for prepaid customers in Delhi circle. Now MTNL prepaid customers in Delhi and NCR circle can activate selected popular STVs or plan recharge without going at retailers or MTNL outlets just by sending SMS ‘RCH Denomination of Pack’ to 444. For example to activate... 

Dual technology telecom operator, Tata Docomo, the flagship brand for Tata Teleservices (TTL) has surrendered its excess CDMA Spectrum in 15 telecom circles out of 19 circles due to huge losses amid intense competition or less scope in CDMA services. Tata Teleservices (TTL) which is country’s sixth largest telecom operator in terms of subscribers (including both CDMA and GSM) had told the Department... 

India’s Department of Telecom invites application for 2G spectrum auction starting January 23, 2014. The DoT has issued the NIA document (Notice of Inviting Application) to start in 1800MHz and 900MHz band spectrum auction. According to the DoT, the award of Spectrum in 1800MHz and 900MHz band shall be conducted as a single process. A common Notice has been issued only for the sake of convenience.The... 

India’s Department of Telecom (DoT)  is examining a proposal for making it mandatory for GSM and CDMA mobile and data service providers to take fingerprint or any other biometric feature of the customers at the time of receiving application (CAF) for a new mobile or wireless service connection. Shri Milind Deora,  Minister of State for Communications and IT today said  that DoT has recently received... 

According to a recent report by a cloud computing firm Akamai Technologies, the average internet speed in India is likely to increase by over 40% to 1.8 Mbps in the next 12 months on the back of investments in high-speed fibre network and affordable data plans. The global average connection speed in the first quarter of 2013 was 3.1 Mbps while India witnessed an average connection speed of 1.3 Mbps...