NEW DELHI: With more and more people depending on their computers and smart phones to transact business transactions and transfer money, the Government appears to have...
NEW DELHI: Showing an appreciable increase owing to mobile subscribers, the number of broadband subscribers increased from 79.21 million at the end of October 2014 to...
NEW DELHI: In a major initiative aimed at simplifying tariffs and meeting demands of consumers, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) today issued a new...
NEW DELHI: After several months of dispute and even court proceedings, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) on 6 January agreed that the licence fee...
NEW DELHI: Even as the government has agreed to consider extension of four to five weeks for registration of multi system operators (MSO), who want to...
NEW DELHI: A decade after broadcasting was handed over to it, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) appears to have given equal if not more...
NEW DELHI: Meeting a long-felt demand, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has decided to allow the balance inflation linked hike both at the retail...
NEW DELHI: The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) on 31 December recommended that in the upcoming auction of 2100 MHz band spectrum, an auction-specific cap...
2014 has been the most exciting and an eventful year for us in the Media and Distribution Industry. The phrase “There is never a dull moment”...
NEW DELHI: The deadline for multi-system operators (MSOs) wanting to apply for digital addressable systems (DAS) licence for phase III and IV may be extended by...
MUMBAI: The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) which had issued a consultation paper on ‘Delinking of the license for networks from delivery of service by ...
NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court has sought a response of the Information and Broadcasting Ministry and six direct-to-home (DTH) operators on a public interest litigation...
MUMBAI: The year 2015 could not be as welcoming as the direct to home (DTH) platforms would be expecting it to be. As per PTI reports,...
2014 was a year when the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) issued, as many said, the ‘death warrant’ for the powerful aggregators. The year started...
2014 many would say has been a year of more downs than ups, especially for the cable TV industry. But, if one peels off the superficial...
MUMBAI: 2014 was the year of mixed fortunes for the direct to home television industry in India. The seven players in the industry continued to burn...
MUMBAI: Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) chairman Rahul Khullar said the target set by the government for providing broadband network for all was unrealistic and...
The news industry has taken a full circle – from providing welfare information to entertainment to astrology to cricket to sensationalism and now almost pure news...
KOLKATA: The Cable Virtual Network Operator (CVNO) in Kolkata is moving fast in order to meet its 15 December launch deadline. In the latest, more than...
NEW DELHI: The Indian Broadcasting Foundation (IBF) has said that the Digital Addressable System (DAS) tariff order was violative of Article 14 of the Constitution as...
MUMBAI: TS Panesar, who recently quit Star India as EVP distribution has joined Hathway Cable & Datacom as head-video business. Confirming the news to indiantelevision.com,...
NEW DELHI: As in the past few months, the largest growth in broadband during October this year was among mobile devices users (phones and dongles), registering...
NEW DELHI: The Telecom Authority of India (TRAI) plans to levy financial incentives on non-compliant multi-system operators and local cable operators by amending the Standards of...
NEW DELHI: The Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT) will hear the petition by the Indian Broadcasting Foundation (IBF) challenging the DAS tariff order issued...
NEW DELHI: The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) wants to know if there is any need to introduce more competition in service delivery by the...
MUMBAI: It has been nearly three months since the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) came up with its consultation paper on levying financial disincentives on...
MUMBAI: The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India’s (TRAI) latest tariff order that will come into effect from 1 January 2015 has already got a few stakeholders’...
MUMBAI: The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has come out with its draft tariff order for non addressable cable TV system and is asking...
NEW DELHI: The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has recommended fresh reserve prices per MHz for auction of 800 MHz spectrum in the light of...
NEW DELHI: Even as there was growth of just 1.92 per cent in broadband between the end of August and the end of September, there was...
NEW DELHI: Even as the government wants to commence the expansion of phase III of FM radio to bring in additional revenue, there appears to be...
NEW DELHI: Expressing concern that the constrained supply of spectrum poses a real threat to the continuity of services being provided to millions of subscribers by...
NEW DELHI: The Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT) will hear on 5 December the petition by the Indian Broadcasting Foundation (IBF) challenging the DAS...
NEW DELHI: The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) today decided to exempt internet service providers from the tariff reporting requirement during a financial year if...
NEW DELHI: A total of 11 crore set top boxes (STBs) will be needed for the third and final phase of digital addressable system of which...
NEW DELHI: The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has recommended the establishment of an online system by the Information and Broadcasting Ministry to register all...
NEW DELHI: The ad cap case has been adjourned yet again – this time to 21 January – in view of a large number of pending...
NEW DELHI: The Telecom Disputes Settlement Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT) has adjourned to 12 December the petition by the Indian Broadcasting Foundation (IBF), Viacom 18 and MSM...
NEW DELHI: Realising that its earlier regulations relate only to subscription-based value added services, the Telecom Authority of India (TRAI) has directed all access service providers...
NEW DELHI: Following the receipt of some responses to its Consultation Paper on the issue, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has organised an Open...
NEW DELHI: Who is meant to maintain the monthly log of the activations of a particular channel: the multi system operator (MSO) or manufacturer, vendor or...
MUMBAI: The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has issued data related to activation, deactivation and complaints of Value Added Services (VAS) w.e.f.1 January 2014 to...
NEW DELHI: The maximum number of TV channels being carried by any reporting multi-system operator in the first quarter ending June 2014 of the current fiscal...
NEW DELHI: The Telecom Commission is understood to have asked the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India to rework its policy with regard to spectrum auction. ...
NEW DELHI: Government proceeds are expected to be $ 9 billion from the upcoming spectrum auctions, 20 per cent higher than the government’s own estimates, according...
NOIDA: He is one of the most well known faces of the Indian media industry. Rajat Sharma, the host of popular talk show, Aap Ki Adalat,...
NEW DELHI: An Open House Discussion (OHD) will be held next week on how broadband can be delivered quickly and what the stakeholders or the government...
NEW DELHI: The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has asked the Department of Telecom (DoT) to clarify whether discussions with Defence to release one block...
NEW DEHI: The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has lashed out at the Department of Telecom (DoT), noting that it is “unable to understand the...
NEW DELHI: The government should immediately take back the unused 900 MHz from the Bharatiya Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) and from the Defence Ministry the unused...