You have enough spectrums, address call drops: Ravi Shankar Prasad to telecom...
New Delhi: Doing some plain speaking on call drops, Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad asked mobile operators to walk the extra mile to reinforce their systems as they have enough spectrum to provide...
View ArticleYou have enough spectrum, address call drops: Ravi Shankar Prasad to telcos
New Delhi, June 14: Doing some plain speaking on call drops, Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Sunday asked mobile operators to walk the extra mile to reinforce their systems as they have enough...
View ArticleTelcos have enough spectrum, must address call drops: Prasad
New Delhi: Doing some plain speaking on call drops, Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad today asked mobile operators to walk the extra mile to reinforce their systems as they have enough spectrum to...
View ArticleTelcos for using government buildings, premises for towers
New Delhi, July 3 (IANS) Aiming to resolve the issue of reducing telecom towers, industry leaders on Friday urged Communications and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad to facilitate a mechanism by which...
View ArticleGovt may order telecom companies to compensate users for call drops
NEW DELHI: Frustrated by frequent call drops in the middle of conversations? You may soon be reimbursed money for the inconvenience. The government is looking to order operators to return the money...
View ArticleCall drops: Govt orders special audit of mobile networks
Expressing “serious concern” over the problem of frequent call drops, the government on Tuesday ordered a special audit of mobile networks and said regulator the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India...
View ArticleCentre talks tough, tells telcos to stop call drop or pay penalty
Irked by increasing call drops, the government on Tuesday told telecom service providers to upgrade their network or pay fine. Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said the government will audit the...
View ArticleTelcos may soon return users' balance for call drops
NEW DELHI: Frustrated by frequent call drops in the middle of conversations? You may soon be reimbursed money for the inconvenience. The government is looking to order operators to return the money...
View ArticleCall drops: Telcos may soon have to give free minutes
NEW DELHI: The Department of Telecom (DoT) has written to sector regulator Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) to suggest a disincentive mechanism to tackle the issue of frequent call drops....
View ArticleRavi Shankar Prasad to telcos: Call drops will be penalized
NEW DELHI: In the backdrop of frequent call drops faced by consumers, telecom minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has said the government is exploring the possibility of bringing in disincentives for telecom...
View ArticlePrasad to telcos: Call drops will be penalized
NEW DELHI: In the backdrop of frequent call drops faced by consumers, telecom minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has said the government is exploring the possibility of bringing in disincentives for telecom...
View ArticleGovt mulls levying penalty on telcos for call drops
NEW DELHI : As the call drop menace refuses to subside, government is now weighing the option of slapping penalty on telecom operators while individual letters would be shot off to their promoters to...
View ArticleTelcos to be allowed to install mobile sites on government buildings
New Delhi: The Department of Telecom and Urban Development Ministry have agree in-principle to permit installation of mobile towers at government buildings, a move that may reduce the problem of call...
View ArticleTelcos to be allowed to install mobile sites on govt buildings
The Department of Telecom and Urban Development Ministry have agree in-principle to permit installation of mobile towers at government buildings, a move that may reduce the problem of call drops. A...
View ArticleCall drops: Telcos submit action plan to DoT
NEW DELHI: To curb the menace of call drops, telecom operators have started taking steps such as adopting in-building solutions, installation of more sites as well as augmenting the radio frequency...
View ArticleOptimise networks to curb call drops: Ravi Shankar Prasad
New Delhi: To curb the menace of call drops, Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on August 25, asked mobile operators to optimise their networks, even as he promised full support on policy front...
View ArticleCall drop situation improving, says Prasad
Under attack from the Opposition on the call drop problem, Union Communications and Information Technology Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad today said that the situation was improving. "There is a problem...
View ArticleSpectrum sharing and trading guidelines soon: Telecom Minister Prasad
Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad File Photo dna Research & Archives Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said work on spectrum sharing and trading...
View ArticleTC seeks clarification on spectrum sharing norms from Trai
NEW DELHI: Inter-ministerial panel Telecom Commission (TC) today decided to send back Trai proposals on spectrum sharing and trading guidelines as it seeks more clarification on certain issues....
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View ArticleTelcos rift wide open on spectrum usage charge
In fresh sparring among telecom players, major differences have emerged in the industry over the government's proposal to impose uniform annual spectrum charges at reduced rate of 4.5 per cent on all...
View ArticleCall drops: Telecom minister downplays telcos' 'self-regulation' claims
NEW DELHI: Ravi Shankar Prasad says efficacy of solutions is for consumers to testify Communications & IT minister Ravi Shankar Prasad downplayed steps taken by telecom operators to self-regulate...
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View ArticleAirtel CEO Gopal Vittal: Insufficient 3G spectrum up for auction
NEW DELHI: Gopal Vittal, who runs India's biggest telecom operator, Airtel, said the government is offering too little of the 3G spectrum that's badly needed to support surging data growth at next...
View ArticleImprovement in call drops seen, but lot more needs to be done: Ravi Shankar...
NEW DELHI: The government has seen an improvement in the call drops situation based on its internal checks, but telecom operators need to do far more to bring it up to a level that consumers...
View ArticleNearly 81,000 complaints filed against telcos in 2015: Govt
--> Telecom regulator Trai received 23,313 complaints last year, as against 18,494 in 2014. Complaints against mobile service providers have increased to 80,947 last year, up from 68,691 in 2014,...
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View ArticleCabinet nod to liberalise spectrum at TRAI rates
The Cabinet decision taken on Wednesday will enable Reliance Communications (RCom) to liberalise its spectrum in four telecom circles, where auction determined price is not available, for Rs 1,300...
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View ArticleGrupo Televisa Announces Intention to Initiate a Bond Offering at a Future...
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View ArticleTelcos not meeting standards on call drop issue: TRAI
NEW DELHI: Amid growing concerns over the call drop issue, sectoral regulator TRAI has said that most of the telecom companies in Delhi and Mumbai are not meeting the prescribed standards. The Telecom...
View ArticleForget the battle on call drops, Ravi Shankar Prasad is busy trying to ease...
Telecom minister Ravi Shankar Prasad may have got the telecom industry up in arms over his campaign against call drops, but he has also worked hard to address the industry’s biggest constraint, that of...
View Article'I've done my duty, now you do yours': Ravi Shankar Prasad tells telcos
--> The Telecom Minister said the government has taken several steps to address concerns of the industry, nowit's the industry's turn. Emphasising on the achievements of the NDA government in the...
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View ArticleTelcos dropped the ball on call drops
In the continuing saga of customers versus telecom companies, with a hapless regulator in the background, the latest is the issue of deteriorating call quality—aka call drops. The problem of call drops...
View ArticleTelecom companies may be penalised in case of call drops: Ravi Shankar Prasad
The government has ensured transparency in the functioning of the telecom department in the one year that it has been in power, Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said. Speaking to Anandita Singh...
View ArticleOptimise networks to curb call drops: Prasad to telcos
To curb the menace of call drops, Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad today asked mobile operators to optimise their networks, even as he promised full support on policy front including on...
View ArticleTelecom minister warns telcos against call drops
The government has ensured transparency in the functioning of the telecom department in the one year that it has been in power, Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said. The minister said more...
View ArticleYou have enough spectrum, address call drops: Prasad to telcos
Doing some plain speaking on call drops, Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad today asked mobile operators to walk the extra mile to reinforce their systems as they have enough spectrum to provide...
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