The Supreme Court has cancelled 122 licenses issued by then telecom minister A Raja to telecom companies, saying that they were granted in an arbitrary and unconstitutional manner. Raja had, in 2008, granted spectrum licenses to many companies at a price of Rs. 9,000 cr. which was strangely much lower than the 3G auctions which [...]

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The new TRAI rules for SMS spam will now begin from Sep 27, after a long time snce they were introduced. (Read article) They had postponed them a few times and then indefinitely, as they waited for DOT to allocate a number series for them for fixed line phones. Apparently, that has been done, with [...]

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The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has introduced two regulations that should be a big help to people troubled by the telcos. 1) Telecom Consumers Complaint Redressal Regulations, 2011 2) Telecom Consumers Protection Regulations, 2011 Redressal Regulations What you might not know is a recent problem with telco complaints: People would usually take problems [...]

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Two interesting things are happening in the Telecom world. Mobile Number Portability Starting Jan 20, you’ll be able to change your cellphone service provider without changing your number. Wow, you think. Everyone will move away from Airtel? But to w…

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Grabbing data from TRAI, I managed a few quick graphs on what I’m really looking for. First, a generic look at the Telecom growth in India. Phenomenal, with telecom penetration at 58% in July 2010 compared to 24% in Jan 2008. The recession has been …

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