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Rs 500 crore worth video advertisement industry in India is in deep trouble now. Telecom Regulatory Authority of India or TRAI is clearly upset and angry over automatic video advertisements which run on several websites. TRAI is angry…

DND or do not disturb feature, was launched way back in October 2011, however, even today the menace of unwanted pesky and marketing calls continue to haunt mobile users in India. TRAI, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India is…

In February this year, TRAI had made a historical decision to protect Net Neutrality in India by banning all forms of differential pricing for data services. With this diktat, plans such as Airtel Zero and Free Basics by Facebook were…

In a major relief to telecom operators, and a disappointment for consumers, Supreme Court has quashed TRAI’s earlier order regarding call drop compensation. Hence, telecom operators cannot be forced to compensate for call drops now.…

In February this year, then TRAI banned Free Basics by Facebook and upheld Freedom of Internet and Net Neutrality principles, there was a small loophole related with distribution of exclusive content over ‘intranet’. Two months…

Indian telecom industry has been growing by heaps and bounds. As per a Forbes magazine report by Nicole Fisher, more people in the world use mobile phones than toothbrushes. Considering the high mobile penetration in a humongous…

TRAI is expected to soon announce a new consultation paper for public WiFi across the country. Experts are claiming that public WiFi is the new battleground for telecom players; and TRAI wants to clearly define the rules before any…

In a landmark judgement, Delhi High Court has upheld TRAI’s directives on call drops, and ordered telecom firms to compensate all users for call drops. After this judgement, telecom companies would be required to pay Re 1 for every call…

Last month, TRAI had asked all telecom operators to ensure that they provide a minimum speed of 512 kbps for all fixed line and mobile broadband customers. After a consultation paper was launched in this regard, TRAI came up with…

We all have been afraid of mobile towers close to our homes some time or the other. It was (and probably still is) considered that the radiations originating from these mobile network towers adversely affects human health. And because…