Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) is learnt to be working overtime to come out with its recommendation on spectrum management and licensing terms for 2G (second generation) services, before the 3G (third generation) auction deadline of January 14.The government will take a decision on whether to auction 2G spectrum or not, based on the Trai recommendation.The Department of Telecommunications...
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Telecom operators looking for uniform licence fee will have to wait longer as the sectoral regulator, Trai, seeks to take the view of the industry on the issue, a process that would take about two months. A Department of Telecom (DoT) official said the regulator has already put questions relating to uniform licence fee to the stakeholder in its consultation paper "Overall Spectrum Management and Review...
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Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee has asked IT and Telecommunications Minister A Raja to complete the ground work on the Trai (Amendment) Bill, 2008, on relaxing rules for appointment of regulators so that it could be taken up for consideration in the Winter Session of Parliament.The amendment will allow even those who resigned from government services to apply for jobs in the Telecom Regulatory Authority...
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India’s telecom market continues to be one of the most baffling ones in the world. You’d think, as the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) does, that having 8-10 service providers would ensure the market works, so it doesn’t really need to regulate tariffs. And yet that isn’t really so. Sure, India has the lowest telecom tariffs in the world and that shows markets are working and Trai is correct...
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Telecom regulator TRAI on Friday said mobile operators can charge not more than Rs 19 from customers for switching to another operator under the proposed Mobile Number Portability scheme.This...
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NEWDELHI: Telecom regulator TRAI today fixed at Rs 19 the reference rate forportability fee--charged from users for changing operator while retaining thenumber.The per porttransaction charge will be Rs 19 and the subscriber will not be charged morethan that. However, operators are free to levy any amount less than or equal tothis charge, TRAI said in a statementtoday.Government has fixed thedeadline...
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Telecom regulator TRAI on Friday fixed at Rs 19 the reference rate for portability fee - charged from users for changing operator while retaining their mobile number. The per port transaction charge will be Rs 19 and the subscriber will not be charged more than that. However, operators are free to levy any amount less than or equal to this charge, TRAI said in a statement. Government has fixed the...
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The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) today fixed at Rs 19 the reference rate for portability fee -- charged from users for changing operator while retaining the number.The per port transaction charge will be Rs 19 and the subscriber will not be charged more than that. However, operators are free to levy any amount less than or equal to this charge, Trai said in a statement today.The government...
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Reiterating that Telecom Regulatory Authority of India(TRAI) Guidelines were followed in spectrum allocation, Union Communications and IT Minister A Raja today said any deviation by a lower-level officer of showing favouritism to a specific company would be dealt with. Mr Raja clarified that spectrum allotments were made in line with the Guidelines framed by the TRAI after consulting with Prime Minister...
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BJP on Wednesday upped theante over the issue of the alleged scam in 2G spectrum allocation, with partyleader Arun Jaitley making a point-by-point rebuttal of the defences offered bytelecom minister A Raja.Debunking Raja’s claims that he hadonly followed Trai recommendations in allocating spectrum on afirst-cum-first-serve basis, Jaitley said: “Trai Act does not bind DoT ortelecom minister to accept...
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