Points Of Interconnect

Department of Telecom may seek clarification from Trai on Rs 3,050 crore penalty

The Department of Telecom is likely to seek clarification from telecom regulator Trai on Rs 3,050 crore cumulative penalty recommended by it on service providers Bharti Airtel, Vodafone and Idea Cellular.

Trai says points of interconnect situation improving, Vodafone and Idea are meeting norms

Terming the overall Points of Interconnect situation as "better" than before, regulator Trai has said Vodafone and Idea Cellular are meeting norms in all circles, while for Bharti Airtel the congestion level is beyond permissible limit in eight circles. It (the congestion situation) is much, much better than what it was," Trai Chairman R S Sharma told PTI when asked about the status of PoI congestion, an issue that has been a flashpoint between newcomer Reliance Jio and the incumbent telecom operators.

Jio free offer extends till March 2017; Here's why addressing congestion and adding FUP limit was pertinent

Ambani touched upon a lot of points in his speech, including crossing 50mn subscribers within three months of launch, issue with Points of Interconnects (PoI's) from three telcos, congestion of networks leading to drop in speeds, announcement of JioMoney Merchant Solutions and more.

Reliance Jio welcomes 7,000 more points of interconnect from Bharti Airtel

While welcoming the step, Jio said over 4.6 crore calls are still failing everyday between the two operators' networks.

Jio hits back at Airtel's allegations; says there are 1.6 cr call failures between Airtel and Jio

Hitting back at Airtel's allegations of being "under-prepared", new player Reliance Jio today said it had given projections of its required number of points of interconnection to the rival three months in advance.

Trai to issue notice to warring telcos over call failures

With Mukesh Ambani-led Jio charging dominant incumbent operators of providing far fewer points of interconnect than needed for its users to complete calls on rival networks, Trai Chairman R S Sharma said the regulator has reviewed data and it will issue show cause notices

Angry BSNL locks out private operators in Haryana

Displeased over not being paid for the carrier charges by the private operators in the city, state-owned BSNL (Bharatiya Sanchar Nigam Limited) has locked them