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India Mulls Potential for National Licenses

India's telecoms regulator, the trai is to examine a recent Department of Telecom (DoT) proposal to merge all 22 telecom circles potentially into a single nationwide license. Few of the mobile networks hold licenses in all 22 circles, so stand to benefit in reach, but at the cost of losing roaming revenues charged for users moving between circles.  more

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India to Get Mobile Number Portability in November

India's delayed launch on Mobile Number Portability (MNP) should finally start across the entire country at the start of November, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (trai) Chairman, Dr J. S. Sarma, has announced.  more

Related Tags: mnp, mobile-number-portability, syniverse-technologies, telecom, India


Indian Regulator Issues Consultation Paper on a National Broadband Plan

..tion paper is available on TRAI's website www.trai.gov.in  more

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India Mulling LTE Spectrum Auction

Although India is still in the middle of its 3G license auction, the country's government is already looking forward to selling off radio spectrum for LTE networks. The sale could come as soon as this year, once the 3G operators start rolling out their networks, the Hindustan Times quoted Communications Minister A. Raja as saying.  more

Related Tags: lte, 3g-license, radio-spectrum, raja, auction, India


Indian Telcos Oppose Moves Towards 11-Digit Phone Numbers

The majority of India's mobile network operators have rejected plans to move the country to an eleven digit phone number system. Changes to the numbering system are required due to a pending shortage of available numbers within the current mobile prefix, leading the trai to hold a consultation.  more

Related Tags: coai, tata, India


SMS Costs Could Fall in India

The cost of sending an SMS in India may be set for a substantial reduction if the telecoms regulator, trai decides it needs to regulate the tariffs. The regulator has long been wary of regulating tariffs, but recent media fuss over the cost of sending an SMS has pushed it into a review of the policy.  more

Related Tags: sms, true, India


Tata Teleservices Tops Indian Wireless Subscriber Growth in August

India's telecoms regulator, trai has announced that the number of telephone subscribers in India increased to 494.07 million at the end of August, from 479.07 million in July, thereby registering a growth rate of 3.13%. With this, the overall tele-density in India reached 42.27%.  more

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India Added 14.4 Million Mobile Subscribers in July

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India has reported that the number of telephone subscribers in India increased to 479.07 million at the end of July 2009 from a level of 464.82 million in June, thereby registering a growth rate of 3.06%. With this, the overall Tele-density in India reaches 41.08%  more

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India to Finalise MNP Guidelines by End of Month

India's telecoms regulator, trai expects that the country's guidelines for mobile number portability will be finalised by the end of this month. The functionality is expected to be launched before the end of this year.  more

Related Tags: mobile-number-portabilty, mnp, syniverse-technologies, interconnection, India


Indian Operators Report Declining ARPUs

India's total subscriber base of wireline and wireless services reaches 429.72 million for quarter ending March 2009 as against 384.79 million for quarter ending December 2008, thus registering an increase of 11.68% during the quarter, reports the telecoms regulator, trai.  more

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