Should TRAI Modify/Reverse its Order on Differential Pricing?
Recently on Feb 8th, 2016, the TRAI came out with an order prohibiting telecom operators to price data services differentially. The...
Internet Telephony (VoIP) in India
On 22nd June 2016, TRAI has released a consultation paper on Internet Telephony. The objective of the consultation paper is...
License Fees @ % of Revenue : What is the dispute all about?
Background The decision to charge a license fee as a share of revenue was offered by the DoT as a "migration...
How Effective are the VNO Guidelines?
I was going through the recent VNO (Virtual Network Operator) guidelines issued by DoT on 31st May 2016. The guideline...
How to Implement a “Blocking System” for Stolen Phones in India?
Introduction Today I came across a website called change.org which has started a signature campaign aimed at petitioning TRAI Chairman...
History of Spectrum Usage Charge for 3G & BWA Spectrum
The purpose of this note is to lay out the historical facts which culminated in nailing the Spectrum Usage Charge...
White-Fi in Blackspace
http://www.financialexpress.com/article/fe-columnist/white-fi-spectrum-is-a-great-indian-mirage/263936/ I just saw this article in the morning. This reiterates all the points that I had already written about...
What is the purpose of “Free Data” consultation?
On 8th Feb 2016, TRAI came out with a tariff order prohibiting telecom service provide to charge discriminatory tariffs for...
The Story of Spectrum Auctions
The story of Indian spectrum auction is complex, and it has taken me a while to collate the data used...
Pricing Rationale of 700 MHz band
TRAI on 27th Jan 2016 recommended that the 700 MHz band should be priced at 4 times that of 1800...