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TRAI’s Traceability Guidelines Coming Soon To Effect

TRAI’s Traceability Guidelines Coming Soon To Effect

The TRAI (Telecom Regulatory Authority of India) traceability guidelines will be effective on December 1, 2024. With the number of mobile users in India rapidly growing, more people are becoming prone to cyber criminals. These guidelines are a huge move for the organisation to reduce online fraud and build a robust and safe ecosystem.  Earlier,…

Reliance Fires Back On TRAI’s Allocation Decision 

Reliance Fires Back On TRAI’s Allocation Decision 

According to the letter seen by Reuters, Reliance opposed the TRAI decision to allocate the home satellite broadband spectrum, a market that is poised to grow at a pace of 36% a year to reach $1.9 billion by 2030.  The letter mentioned that the company argues that the regulator has wrongly concluded that the broadband…

Airtel’s AI Tool Detects 110 M+ Spam Calls On Day 1!

Airtel’s AI Tool Detects 110 M+ Spam Calls On Day 1!

Bharti Airtel, the third-largest telecom operator in the world, launched its in-house AI spam call detector to address growing concerns about spam calls and messages. The newly launched AI model scanned over 1 trillion records in real-time and sniffed out 115 million spam calls and 3.6 million spam messages on day one itself.  Bharti Airtel’s…

Crackdown On Spam Callers: TRAI Blocks 2+ Lakh Numbers

Crackdown On Spam Callers: TRAI Blocks 2+ Lakh Numbers

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), in a major crackdown, blocked over two lakh mobile numbers and blacklisted 50 companies as a strict action against UTMs (Unregistered Telemarketers). According to TRAI, these actions were necessary to curb the growing concerns of spam calls in India and provide some relief to active users. These actions…

TRAI Clarifies Mobile Tariff Hike – Will Prices Shift Again?

TRAI Clarifies Mobile Tariff Hike – Will Prices Shift Again?

Recently, major telecom service providers like Jio, Airtel, and more have increased the prices of their mobile tariff plans by 25%. Further, unlimited 5G is now conditional and exclusive to plans offering 2GB or more data per day.  These changes irked users, and few customers even started believing these were against the regulatory framework. To…

TRAI Cuts 5G Spectrum Price By 36-40%

TRAI Cuts 5G Spectrum Price By 36-40%

The telecom regulatory on Monday has suggested a 36% cut in the 5G Spectrum (3300-3670MHz band) to Rs. 317 crore across India from the Rs. 492 crore suggested in 2018. It offers significant relief to telcos and sets the stage for them to secure prized airwaves in the government auction.  Not only this, TRAI, Telecom…