Posts Tagged ‘TRAI’

Airtel Kolkata users to pay 50p/3 min on calling customer care

Posted on the February 25th, 2010 under Airtel, General, Mobile Service Providers, Tip, VAS by CellBharatTeam

As mentioned already that the free calls to help lines will be ditched soon today Airtel initiated this charging concept by issuing a notice to all subscribers in Kolkata and West Bengal telecom circle.
With a notion to improve the margins the Indian mobile operators approached the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) approving its nod Read More

Free Mobile Calls to Helplines may be Ditched!

Posted on the January 23rd, 2010 under Aircel, Airtel, BPL Mobile, BSNL, Datacom, General, Hutch, IDEA, MTNL, MTS, Mobile Service Providers, Reliance, Swan Telecom, Tata Telecom, Tip, Unitech, VAS, Vodafone by CellBharatTeam

A limitation on making calls to customer care for free is expected to come in existence as the mobile operators have made a move to cut down the privilege enjoyed by Indian mobile customers.
With a notion to improve the margins the Indian mobile operators approached the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) approving its Read More

Uninor ropes 12 lakh(1.2 mn) Subscribers at its Initial Mark

Posted on the January 13th, 2010 under General, Mobile Service Providers, Tip, Unitech by CellBharatTeam

The new entrant Uninor dazzles with 1.2 million i.e. 12 lakh subscribers as a result of first month-end. As an inception phase it just started its GSM services in 8 circles -UP (West), UP (East), Bihar, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala and Andhra Pradesh on December 3, 2009 and now it has captured a remarkable Read More

TRAI fixes MNP, Porting charge and Dipping charge

Posted on the November 23rd, 2009 under General by CellBharatTeam

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India fixes the Mobile Number Portability per port transaction charge and Dipping Charge.MPN allows subscribers to retain their existing telephone number when they move from one access provider to another irrespective of mobile technology or from one cellular to other of same access provider in a licensed service area.
This helps Read More

TRAI’s “Per Second Calling”-an Option

Posted on the October 9th, 2009 under Aircel, Airtel, BPL Mobile, BSNL, Datacom, IDEA, MTNL, MTS, Mobile Service Providers, Reliance, Swan Telecom, Tata Telecom, Unitech, Vodafone by Amit

Telecom Regulatory Authority of India(TRAI) said, the authority takes sole responsibility in making “Per Second Calling” as an option to all the Service Providers of India. TRAI also said that it is not mandatory for a service provider to include “Per Second Calling” as their propaganda but to include the available option in making customers Read More

TRAIs’ de-facto “Pay-per-Second” scheme

Posted on the October 6th, 2009 under General by Amit

Telecom regulatory body of India, TRAI expressed its’ deep concern in not implementing Pay-per-Second scheme by all the service providers of India. The scheme of Pay-per-Second has been successfully done by Tata Docomo which will be followed by many others in the coming years.
Addressing at Geneva, TRAI said because of not implementation of “Pay-per-Second” might Read More

Subscriber’s consent is mandatory for VAS services, says TRAI

Posted on the April 30th, 2009 under General by vicky

The users of value added services in mobiles have to provide a written consent to their operators, as per the directive of TRAI. To avoid casual or accidental activation of such services including ring back tones and hello tunes (due to mishandling of the press keys), the telecom authority has come out with a strong Read More

Virgin Mobile hits at the youth

Posted on the April 21st, 2009 under Mobile Companies, Virgin by vicky

With the elimination of termination charges by the TRAI, Virgin Mobile is mooting its plan to target the youth wing by curtailing the credit of 10 paise to 5 paise /minute for every incoming call. As per the new scheme, this gain of 5 paise credit will be applicable for every incoming call after aligning Read More

BSNL in tussle with TRAI over usage interconnect charges

Posted on the March 31st, 2009 under BSNL, Mobile Service Providers by vicky

The government agency of the telecom operation BSNL has developed a bone of contention with the TRAI over the mobile termination charges. BSNL has initiated its move with the Sectoral Tribunal for proper remedy with regard to the norm set down by the TRAI. The revised tariff mooted by the TRAI for mobile termination is Read More

TRAI’s 7 commandments for the rescue of DTH subscribers

Posted on the March 15th, 2009 under DTH by vicky

Much after a beeline grievances from the subscribers, The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India has now made some amendments to the DTH operators. In this regard, TRAI has formulated 7-charter rules, which the DTH operators need to obey –
1. There will not be any fee / charge for visiting, repairing or Read More