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Indian telecom subscriber base crosses the 104 crore mark: TRAI
Mar 29, 2016, 10:40 AM ISTNew Delhi: Telecom users in the country crossed 104-crore mark with mobile service provider adding over 70 lakh new customers in January 2016, says a TRAI report. ”The number of telephone subscribers in India increased
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Final views on net neutrality soon: TRAI
Mar 22, 2016, 02:05 PM ISTNew Delhi: The Indian telecom regulator is hopeful that it will be able to finalise views on net neutrality in a couple of months. "The DoT (Department of Telecom) has sought comprehensive view from
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TRAI to abide by Supreme Court's call drop order
Mar 18, 2016, 06:27 PM ISTNew Delhi: The Indian telecom regulator said on Friday it will comply with the apex court's order asking it to consider technical reasons of call drops and if the proposed penalty can be amended.
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Call Drops: Relief in sight for telcos, SC asks TRAI to reconsider regulation on penalties
Mar 17, 2016, 08:06 PM ISTNew Delhi: The Supreme Court today asked the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) to mull over the papers dealing with technical aspects of call drops. It has also asked the regulatory body to inform
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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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No relief for telecos in call drop, SC declines interim stay on Delhi HC order
Mar 04, 2016, 02:34 PM ISTNew Delhi: In a big blow to the telecos, the Supreme Court today declined any interim stay on Delhi High Court order upholding TRAI's decision making it mandatory for telecom operators to compensate subscribers for
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Why don't you correct your system to fix call drops, SC asks telecos
India | Mar 04, 2016, 07:21 AM ISTNew Delhi: The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a plea by the Cellular Operators' Association of India (COAI) and Association of Unified Telecom Service Provider of India challenging the TRAI's order making it mandatory
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Government imposes Rs. 323-Crore fine on operators for violating rules to verify subscribers
Mar 02, 2016, 06:53 PM ISTNew Delhi: The government has imposed fines of Rs. 323.56 crores on telecom operators in nine months of the current fiscal for violating rules pertaining to verification of subscribers.It has however recovered only Rs. 62.15
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TRAI will enforce the call drop regulation: Ravi Shankar Prasad
Mar 01, 2016, 09:56 PM ISTNew Delhi: The regulator TRAI will enforce its order on call drops, which makes it mandatory for telcos to compensate customers for failed calls, as the Delhi High Court has upheld the decision, Telecom Minister Ravi
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Delhi HC upholds TRAI's call drop compensation order
Feb 29, 2016, 01:00 PM ISTNew Delhi: The Delhi High Court today has upheld telecom regulatory body TRAI's decision making it mandatory for telecom operators to compensate subscribers for call drops.A two-Judge bench of Chief Justice G. Rohini and Justice Jayant
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Switching Cable operators without changing Set Top Boxes may get real, here is how
Feb 20, 2016, 01:58 PM ISTNew Delhi: Switching Cable operators without changing Set Top Boxes may be a reality soon as Broadcast regulator, TRAI is looking at making set-top boxes (STBs) inter-operable. This would let users change their DTH or
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Facebook dissociates departure of Indian MD Kirthiga Reddy from Free Basics controversy
Feb 13, 2016, 04:46 PM ISTNew Delhi: A day after Facebook India managing director Kirthiga Reddy said she will be relocating to the US in the next six to 12 months, a spokesperson of the social networking site today dissociated
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Facebook official's'Anti-colonialism' remark was deeply upsetting: Mark Zuckerberg
Feb 11, 2016, 12:22 PM ISTNew Delhi: Soon after a Facebook official was forced to retract his offensive tweet on India over TRAI's decision to endorse net neutrality, Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg put out a statement calling his
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After TRAI's ruling, Facebook's Free Basics turns into paid platform
Feb 11, 2016, 09:35 AM ISTNew Delhi: Days after TRAI barred operators from charging different rates for Internet access based on content, Facebook has decided to make its controversial 'Free Basics' a paid platform. According to Times of India, the decision
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Facebook board member's 'colonial' Tweet draws India's ire
Feb 10, 2016, 11:14 PM ISTNew Delhi: An offensive statement today by one of the board members of Facebook on micro-blogging website Twitter likening Facebook's Free Basics to colonialism created an online storm with Indians coming down heavily upon him.“Anti-colonialism
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Tired of unsolicited calls & SMS? Here is what you can do
India | Feb 10, 2016, 02:02 PM ISTMany of us are sick and tired of those unsolicited calls & SMS. While there is a Do Not Disturb (DND) option to block all such calls & SMS, some of us might want to
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More surveys on call drops, broadband push via cable: TRAI
Feb 10, 2016, 11:18 AM ISTNew Delhi : To tackle the issue of call drops, TRAI will hold a survey again in April in a couple of more cities, while also considering over the use of cable connections to deliver
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Disappointed but would not give up: Zuckerberg on TRAI ruling
Feb 09, 2016, 05:59 PM ISTNew Delhi: A day after India's telecom watchdog TRAI ruled against differential pricing for Internet services, a move that will close doors for Facebook's plan to roll out Free Basics in Asia's third largest ecnomy,