R S Sharma

New regulator should understand its authority, limitations, says COAI director general Rajan S Mathews

The government has started the process for selection of new Chairperson of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India as present chief of the body R S Sharma will complete his term next month.

TRAI to announce in-flight connectivity recommendations by the end of December

Recommendations on in-flight connectivity to come out by year end or next 15 days," TRAI Chairman R.S. Sharma told reporters on Wednesday

TRAI to come out with recommendations on guidelines for data privacy and security by January

Telecom regulator TRAI will come out with its recommendations on guidelines for data privacy, security and ownership by January.

Jio claims Airtel is deliberately trying to confuse TRAI regarding interconnection usage charges

Jio' letter to TRAI Chairman R.S. Sharma claimed that Airtel has purposefully endeavoured to confuse the issue by adjusting this recovery against its IU.

TRAI signs deal to work closely with Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission

TRAI signed a letter of intent (LoI) with the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) to jointly conduct capacity building exercises.

Airtel Chairman urges Indian Telecom regulator to reject the 'Bill and Keep' method

Bharti Airtel Chairman Sunil Mittal has asked the Indian telecom regulator to continue with the interconnection usage charge (IUC) regime.

TRAI rejects the proposal for a fixed floor price for telecom services

Idea Cellular is learnt to have batted for fixation of a minimum floor price through a one- hour presentation.

Trai is planning to conclude IUC review soon; new framework for charges in the works

Indian telecom regulator plans to conclude the long-drawn interconnection usage charge (IUC) review as soon as possible, a top official said here on Thursday.

Consumers may be hurt by telecom industry demand of fixed floor prices for voice and data plans

Floor price will raise end-user prices and provide only temporary relief to telecom companies said the Director of telecom consultancy firm ComFirst.

Trai is set to revise quality of service norms on telecom services including VoLTE

Telecom regulator Trai today said it will bring out in the next few weeks its order on the revised quality of service norms for mobile services, including benchmarks for newer technologies like VoLTE.