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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
Vodafone Ordered to Refund VAS Charges in India
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (trai) has ordered Vodafone Essar to refund to all consumers, within fifteen days, the charges levied for value added services (VAS) in all cases where the value added services were provided without explicit consent. more
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Indian Regulator Wants Speedy Allocation of 3G Licenses
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (trai) has published a paper calling for the speedy allocation of radio spectrum for 3G and WiMAX services in the country. The trai reports that the Indian Government announced Broadband Policy in 2004 and made certain projections for broadband subscribers' growth. It was expected that broadband growth rate would be stepped up. However, it is observed that the growth of broadband in the country is slow and below expected level. more
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India Telecom Regulator Moots Raising Spectrum Usage Charge
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Indian Regulator Recommends Network Infrastructure Sharing
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (trai) says that it is supporting plans to allow network infrastructure sharing in India. The Department of Telecommunication had sought recommendations from trai on effective sharing of passive infrastructure (towers etc.). Given the significance of infrastructure sharing the Authority says that it not only considered the issue of passive infrastructure sharing but has given the recommendation regarding active infrastructure sharing and backhaul on a suo-motu basis. more
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National Roaming Charges to Fall in India
India's Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (trai) has ordered a wholesale cut in internal roaming charges for customers who travel across India between different operator licensed areas, or circles. more
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CDMA Group Commends Indian 3G Plans
..and a dated spectrum efficiency analysis, CDMA2000 operators are constrained to only half of the amount of spectrum available to GSM operators. The CDG recommends that this unfair policy be rectified and be made consistent with the proposed 3G spectr more
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India clamping down on cell phone theft
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India has issued a Consultation Paper on Mobile Phone Theft, with a view to seeking opinions and suggestions on the best way of dealing with this issue. more
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India eases rollout terms for unsold GSM licenses
In order to encourage bidders for the remaining four unsold GSM licenses in India, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (trai) has proposed relaxing the network rollout conditions for the areas concerned. The licenses cover Andaman and Nicobar, Bihar, Orissa and West Bengal and no companies bid for them during this years license auction. "In this regard, the requirement of covering 50 per cent district headquarters in the first three years should be modified and reduced to only 25 per cent," the trai said in a statement. The trai has ruled out an option to lower the revenue share element of the license fee, saying the reduced coverage requirements would have a more beneficial impact for the cellular networks. The trai has also proposed merging the low value Andaman and Nicobar license with the higher value Tamil Nadu circle." more
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India to decide on CPP by December
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (trai) has said that it plans to make an announcement on the introduction of Caller Party Pays (CPP) for cell phones by the end of this year. trai chairman M S Verma said as a conference, "The real issue is whether or not it is necessary to have CPP for faster growth of mobile telephony," adding that a decision will be taken by December. The basic service providers, lead by BSNL are opposed to plans to introduce CPP saying that it will benefit the cellular networks at the expense of basic carriers and the general public." more
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