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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,
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Industry, users welcome TRAI's decision; Facebook, operators cry foul
Feb 09, 2016, 08:40 AM ISTBengaluru: Industry users and netizens on Monday hailed the regulator's favourable order on net neutrality while social network Facebook and cellular operators cried foul."We congratulate TRAI (Telecom Regulatory Authority of India) for enshrining the principles
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Facebook disappointed with TRAI's differential tariff decision
Feb 08, 2016, 11:13 PM ISTNew Delhi: Social media giant Facebook today expressed disappointment over telecom regulator TRAI's decision not to allow differential pricing of data, saying it adversely impacts its free internet platform Free Basics. "Our goal with Free Basics
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Congress supports TRAI's decision against discriminatory pricing
National | Feb 08, 2016, 09:26 PM ISTNew Delhi: The Congress today welcomed the decision of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) saying no to discriminatory pricing of data content and said it vindicates the position of the party as articulated
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Important News 8th February 2016
India | Feb 08, 2016, 07:54 PM ISTNational News-TRAI gives green signal to Net Neutrality, rejects Facebook's Free Basics schemeNew Delhi: Putting to rest the heating debate on differential pricing, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) today announced that “no telecom operator
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TRAI slams Facebook's 'I support Free Basics' campaign, calls it wholly misleading
Feb 08, 2016, 06:18 PM ISTNew Delhi: The Telecom regulator TRAI on Monday slammed the tech-giant Facebook for the way it ran the social media advertisement campaign to safeguard its zero-rating platform ‘Free Basics'.In a strong worded letter, TRAI maintained
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TRAI gives green signal to Net Neutrality, rejects Facebook's Free Basics scheme
Feb 08, 2016, 06:13 PM ISTNew Delhi: Putting to rest the heating debate on differential pricing, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) today announced that “no telecom operator could charge discriminatory tariffs for data services on the basis of content.”This
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TRAI may soon decide on differential pricing for data services
Jan 30, 2016, 08:03 AM ISTIndore: Amid a global debate over the issue of net neutrality, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India today said it might soon take a decision on the differential pricing for data services."A few days back, we
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TRAI slams Facebook's Free Basics campaign as 'orchestrated'
Jan 20, 2016, 07:47 PM ISTNew Delhi: The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has come down hard on Facebook over its campaign to save Free Basics, its zero-rating platform. In a strongly worded letter to the social media giant,
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Net Neutrality: TRAI aims to resolve some issues by early 2016
Dec 27, 2015, 11:55 PM ISTNew Delhi: As the debate over the Net Neutrality resurfaces, telecom regulator TRAI has said it is looking to solve the issues “part-by-part” and also aiming to come up with the final guidelines based on
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After TRAI blockade, Facebook goes all out to generate support for Free Basics
Dec 24, 2015, 09:01 AM ISTNew Delhi: Social media giant Facebook has started an aggressive campaign in India to gather public support for its free Internet platform 'Free Basics'."Free Basics by Facebook is a first step to connecting one billion
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Call drops: No coercive steps against telecos till Jan 6, says TRAI
Dec 22, 2015, 02:53 PM ISTNew Delhi: Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) today told the Delhi High Court that no coercive steps would be taken against telecom companies till the next date of hearing on January 6 for not
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Delhi High Court seeks Centre, TRAI's response on call drops
Dec 14, 2015, 01:23 PM ISTNew Delhi:The Delhi High Court on Monday sought a response from the centre and the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India on a plea by telecom operators for a stay on TRAI's compensation policy for call
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Call drops: Trai asks telcos to add more mobile towers
India | Nov 11, 2015, 04:16 PM ISTNew Delhi: The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has asked telecom operators to add more towers and reinforce 2G networks, among other measures, to check call drops.In a technical paper on call drops, Trai
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Call compensation rules stay, TRAI to hear out telcos
Oct 30, 2015, 10:51 AM ISTNew Delhi: Telecom regulator TRAI has asked mobile service providers to ready their systems to compensate consumers for call drops from January 1.And in the meantime, it has expressed its willingness to examine the issues
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TRAI call drop norms to hurt telcos earnings by 5%: BofA-ML
Oct 20, 2015, 07:43 PM ISTMumbai: Terming the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India's (Trai) policy to compensate users for call drops difficult to implement, Bank of America Merill Lynch (BofA-ML) on Tuesday said it expects a hit of up to
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TRAI fixes call-drop compensation at Re 1; Telcos not happy
Oct 16, 2015, 09:55 PM ISTNew Delhi: Mobile users will get a compensation of Re 1 for every dropped call from January 1, even as the telecom operators cried foul saying the new rules can cost them nearly Rs 150
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TRAI asks telcos to compensate for call drops from Jan 1
Oct 16, 2015, 01:20 PM ISTNew Delhi: Sectoral regulator TRAI today made it mandatory for telecom operators to compensate consumers by one rupee for call drops with effect from January 1, 2016.The compensation will, however, be limited to three dropped
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Call drops: TRAI to impose up to Rs 2-lakh penalty for poor service
Oct 15, 2015, 11:21 PM ISTNew Delhi: Tightening regulations, telecom regulator Trai today raised the penalty on telecom operators to up to Rs 2 lakh for poor mobile service quality, including call drops.The penalty amount would be as high as
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No significant improvement in call drop issue: TRAI
Oct 15, 2015, 11:22 PM ISTNew Delhi: Regulator Trai on Thursday said there is no significant improvement in the call drop issue in Mumbai and Delhi as operators are lagging on various fronts in meeting the standards.At a time when