New Delhi [India], October 18 (ANI): Reliance Jio has become the largest wireline player with 7.3 million subscribers surpassing the state-run BSNL, which has 7.1 million subscribers as per the data released by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) on Tuesday.

New Delhi [India], July 19 (ANI): The number of telephone subscribers in India increased by 2.92 million to 1,170.73 million at the end of May 2022, data released by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India showed on Tuesday.

New Delhi [India], July 15 (ANI): Vendors and telemarketing companies making unsolicited calls to consumers may soon be required to pay heavy penalties to the victim consumers.

Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], May 19 (ANI/BusinessWire India): Tanla Platforms Limited (NSE: TANLA; BSE:532790), India's leading CPaaS provider announced the appointment of Sunil Bajpai as its Chief Trust Officer, effective May 19, 2022. Sunil Bajpai joins the company after working with the Government of India for over 30 years, including in the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), where he served as Principal Advisor. At Tanla, he will be responsible for driving exceptional trust standards for the CPaaS ecosystem with a specific focus on the consumers of business communication.

New Delhi [India], May 17 (ANI): Highlighting the role of the telecom sector in the progress of the country, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said 5G technology will contribute USD 450 bn to the Indian economy while adding that by the end of this decade, the country will be able to launch 6G services.

New Delhi Mar 30 PTI Indias indigenous 4G mobile network has been prepared in the shortest possible time and is ready for rollout soon while the 5G network will be ready by the end of 2022 Telecom Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said in Lok Sabha on Wednesday He said after many years state-owned BSNL has been able to make operating profit after improvement in its services Vaishnaw said Indian engineers have prepared the countrys own 4G network which is ready for launch very soon The whole world is looking at us with surprise how India has built its 4G network so soon he said during Question Hour The minister said the 5G network is built on the 4G and the work is going on to build the 5G The scientists have predicted that our 5G network will be ready by the end of this year he said Replying to a supplementary on the poor connectivity in many areas of the country Vaishnaw said nine schemes have been taken by the government to improve mobile telecom networks that include construction of over 9000 towers in aspirational districts and Northeastern region In addition he said a Rs 6446 crore scheme has been taken to improve mobile infrastructure in over 60200 villages across the country Results have started coming due to all these initiatives and the mobile network has been improved significantly in different parts of the country he said Referring to BSNL the minister said everyone knew who was responsible for the poor health of the company but because of the steps taken by the government BSNL has been able to make operational profit after a long time and people should acknowledge it After the Rs 69000 crore package announced in 2019 BSNL has become a stable entity In this years budget too Rs 44720 crore provision has been made he said The minister said the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India monitors the performance of Telecom Service Providers TSPs including BSNL against the benchmarks for various Quality of Service QoS parameters laid down by TRAI by way of QoS regulations issued from time to time through Quarterly Performance Monitoring Reports PMRs received from TSPs As per PMR for quarter ended September 2021 BSNL is meeting in general most of the QoS parameters for its cellular and basic services in Uttar Pradesh including its aspirational districts he said PTI ACB TDS ANU ANU

New Delhi Mar 25 PTI Spectrum auctions will be conducted very soon and the next-generation 5G services are expected to commence before the end of the year Minister of State for Communications Devusinh Chauhan said in the Rajya Sabha on Friday Replying to a supplementary question during Question Hour Chauhan also said that the four companies have been allotted spectrum for conducting trials and added that the trials are expected to be completed soon In parallel the minister said that the telecom regulator TRAI has also been asked to give its recommendations related to the upcoming auction We will conduct auctions very soon By the end of this year we will start 5G services in the country he said He also asserted that state-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd BSNL will begin its 4G services this year The minister said that a great revolution has taken place in the telecom sector over the last seven years and that data consumption has soared while tariffs are at the lowest There is a robust public grievance mechanism in place and complaints pending for over 48 hours are escalated to senior officials Chauhan said The government has taken a slew of measures to revive telecom PSUs BSNL and MTNL The quality of BSNL services will also improve with the launch of the state-owned corporations 4G services he asserted Chauhan also outlined the reforms undertaken by the government in the telecom sector and cites measures like re-definition of AGR Adjusted Gross Revenue In a written reply Communication Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said There is no decline in the number of mobile subscribers in the country in the year 2020-21 As per the monthly Telecom Subscription Data released by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India TRAI the number of mobile subscribers in India increased from 115775 million in March 2020 to 118096 million in March 2021 To improve the Quality of Service QoS he said drive test and Radio Frequency RF optimization are carried out regularly by mobile service providers Further in order to provide state-of-the-art and prompt service to mobile customers service providers optimally manage the increasing traffic by way of adding more number of sites providing fibre backhaul using small cells and undertaking network optimization Vaishnaw said Moreover TRAI has issued guidelines and set various parameters benchmarks to monitor QoS These parameters are assessed for the entire license service area on a quarterly basis For ensuring compliance with the QoS benchmarks and to protect the interests of the consumers TRAI has prescribed the system of financial disincentives for non-compliance with the benchmarks Vaishnaw said PTI MJH MBI MR

New Delhi [India], March 13 (ANI): Union Minister for Communications, Electronics and Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw on Sunday called 'Aatmanirbhar Bharat', the dominant philosophy for guiding the strategy and approach of the government.

New Delhi Jan 27 PTI Telecom operators will have to provide recharge plans with a validity of 30 days for pre-paid customers regulator Trai said on Thursday The move is expected to reduce the number of recharges done by a customer during a year At present telecom operators provide recharge plans with a validity of 28 days in the pre-paid segment which leads to 13 recharges during the year for customers who look to recharge on a monthly basis Every telecom service provider shall offer at least one plan voucher one special tariff voucher and one combo voucher having a validity of thirty days Trai said in a notification The notification mandates mobile phone service providers to provide one plan voucher one special tariff voucher and one combo voucher which shall be renewable on the same day of every month Further telecom companies have been mandated to comply with the order within 60 days from the day of notification of the rules PTI PRS RAM

New Delhi [India], January 19 (ANI): In just over two years of commercial launch, Reliance Jio has become the largest wired broadband service provider toppling Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), data showed.