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...
Unequal Block Sizes might Result in Unsold Spectrum & Fragmentation
TRAI's recommendation on spectrum dated 27th Jan 2016 recommends the following block sizes for respective bidders based on their status...