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Union budget 2026: Telecom sector pushes for licence fee cuts, GST relief ahead of budget
Technology | Jan 27, 2026, 09:04 PM ISTAhead of Union Budget 2026, telecom operators including Jio, Airtel and Vodafone Idea seek licence fee reduction, GST relief, and spectrum reforms as COAI outlines key demands.
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TRAI’s new spam rules spark telecom industry backlash: Companies demand fair penalties
Technology | Feb 18, 2025, 12:55 PM ISTTRAI’s new rules to curb spam messages and calls include a penalty provision for violations. However, telecom companies have now raised concerns over these regulations, expressing their dissatisfaction.
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COAI proposes OTTs generating high data traffic in India to contribute to telcos
Technology | Sep 14, 2023, 07:57 PM ISTThe Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) emphasized the need for a fair and proportionate charge to be paid to network providers by high-bandwidth OTT applications that carry heavy traffic. Such applications often require services like HD video streaming and downloading.
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5G speed to reduce to half if less spectrum allotted in 6GHz band: COAI
Technology | Apr 11, 2023, 01:45 PM ISTIndia's significantly higher population density (464 persons/sq km), compared to 36 in the US and 25 in Brazil, necessitates spectrum loading happens to the tune of 96 per cent (compared to 40-50 per cent in the US or Brazil).
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Execution of caller name display will be difficult for 2G/3G phones, threat to privacy: Telcos' body
Business | Jan 19, 2023, 11:48 PM ISTIn its arguments, COAI pointed out that not all handsets are capable of supporting such functionalities. It also flagged concerns related to the privacy and confidentiality of the country's subscriber information.
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6 GHz spectrum vital for super-fast 5G speed, says COAI
Technology | Dec 28, 2022, 06:21 PM ISTIf telecom service providers (TSPs) don't do so, said Kochhar, 5G download speeds would be reduced to 50 per cent if less spectrum is allocated in the 6 GHz band, or 80 per cent if only 700 MHz band is allocated to IMT, compared to an assignment of 1.2 GHz.
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Beware of the mobile tower installation scams, says COAI and DIPA
Technology | Jul 04, 2022, 06:35 PM ISTMobile towers are installed either by Telecom Service Providers (TSP) or Infrastructure Providers (IPs). People are requested to verify authenticity by visiting the websites of TSPs or IPs before accepting any offers for tower installation.
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PM Modi to inaugurate India Mobile Congress
India | Dec 06, 2020, 09:02 PM ISTPrime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the fourth India Mobile Congress which is scheduled to start from December 8, according to industry body COAI.
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COAI seeks waiver of all past statutory dues for Airtel, Voda-Idea
India | Nov 01, 2019, 04:30 PM ISTBillionaire Mukesh Ambani's Jio, which is also a member of COAI, has been contesting claims of the inability of telcos to pay the statutory dues, for which they ideally should have provisioned in accounts in view of a legal dispute.
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Mobile tower installation at 60% of annual target
Business | Oct 08, 2019, 03:22 PM ISTMobile tower installations have reached only 60 per cent of the intended target of 1,00,000 towers annually, mainly due to delay in permission from local authorities and other structural issues, industry body COAI said on Tuesday.
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Telcos to delete Aadhaar data if customer gives alternative KYC docs: COAI
Business | Oct 19, 2018, 12:00 PM ISTThe Cellular Operators Association of India, as also directed by the Department of Telecom, said that the services will not be disconnected during the change in documentation process.
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TRAI discriminating against existing telcos: COAI takes RJio fight to PMO
Aug 12, 2016, 01:14 PM ISTCellular Operators’ Association of India (COAI) on Thursday took the fight to the Prime Minister’s Office, this time training its guns on the telecom regulator for alleged discrimination against existing mobile operators.
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TRAI should allow apps, websites to decide for rewarding free data to customers: Nasscom
Jul 04, 2016, 11:08 AM ISTNew Delhi: Nasscom, the IT industry body, said that the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) should allow apps and websites to decide on provisions for rewarding free data to customers. In response to Nasscom,
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Call drops: Dealing with the menace or just shifting goal posts?
Jun 29, 2016, 11:51 AM ISTNew Delhi: It is nothing short of an irony that the world’s second largest mobile user market that boasts of being the world’s fastest growing economy is plagued by poor infrastructure and overloaded networks to
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Telecom Secretary to Meet CEOs of Service Providers for call drop issue
Jun 07, 2016, 03:20 PM ISTNew Delhi: Telecom Secretary J S Deepak has called a meeting of CEOs of mobile service providers to discuss the call drop issues pertaining and much more. "The telecom secretary has called a meeting of
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Telecom players request DoT to stop app based calling
May 06, 2016, 11:37 PM ISTMobile operators' body COAI has requested DoT to take proactive steps to stop calls through apps, like the one recently planned by state-owed BSNL
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TRAI extends date for call drop compensation report
Mar 09, 2016, 05:29 PM ISTNew Delhi: The telecom regulator has extended the date of submission of call drops compensation compliance report for the service providers to March 14, according to industry sources. “TRAI has extended compliance report submission
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Telecom firms request TRAI to postpone deadline on Call Drop
Mar 08, 2016, 10:00 AM ISTNew Delhi: Telecom service providers have requested the sector regulator not to enforce its order on call drops compensation from Monday, as the matter will be heard by the apex court on March 10.In a
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COAI to appeal to Supreme Court against call drop judgement
Mar 05, 2016, 01:33 PM ISTNew Delhi: The Cellular Operators' Association of India (COAI) on Thursday decided to file an special leave petition (SLP) in the Supreme Court challenging the regulation issued by the telecom regulator on call drop penalty
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Porn websites not difficult to access, despite ban: Experts
India | Aug 04, 2015, 11:34 AM ISTNew Delhi: With the central government banning some of the pornographic websites, experts believe that accessing the blocked stuff on the Internet, is not difficult as many free proxy and virtual private network (VPN) services