Articles tagged under: TRAI

How mobile number portability will change with new regulations from July 1

June 28, 2024
How mobile number portability will change with new regulations from July 1

New Delhi: The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has issued the Telecommunication Mobile Number Portability (Ninth Amendment) Regulations, 2024. These new regulations, aimed at curbing fraudulent SIM swaps and replacements, will come into effect on July 1, 2024. The amendment introduces an additional criterion for rejecting requests for the allocation of a Unique Porting Code (UPC). Specifically, a UPC will not be allocated if the request is made within seven days of a SIM swap or ...Read More

Gujarat’s telecom subscriber base reaches 6.63 Crore; Jio and BSNL only gainers

July 04, 2023
Gujarat’s telecom subscriber base reaches 6.63 Crore; Jio and BSNL only gainers

Gandhinagar: According to the most recent telecom subscription report by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), Gujarat witnessed a net increase of approximately 83,245 telecom subscribers in April this year. The net subscriber base in Gujarat rose to 6.63 crore compared to 6.62 crore in March. This is in contrast to the national trend, where the number of telecom subscribers declined by 7.9 lakh to reach 114.31 crore in April. The growth in Gujarat's subscriber base was primari...Read More

Jio says Trai’s move sabotages PM’s Digital India vision

October 20, 2019
Jio says Trai’s move sabotages PM’s Digital India vision

New Delhi: Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Jio has alleged that review of call connect charges by Trai "sabotages" the Prime Minister's vision for Digital India, and will hit not only the regulator's credibility but also investor confidence as the move protects vested interests of some old operators. Continuing its relentless attack on the regulator and old operators over the contentious IUC (interconnect usage charge) issue that has polarised the industry, Jio alleged that Trai's move is arbitrar...Read More