Do devices which limit access to applications violate “Net Neutrality”?
Recently, this issue got triggered with respect to the JIO phone. Doubts have been raised whether it will violate the ...
Tag: Telecom Policy
Indian Spectrum Auction: The Key Issues and Learnings
In this note, I plan to do a detailed analysis of the various auctions which have taken place in India ...
Spectrum Auction Price Trends
The purpose of this note is to aggregate the prices of spectrum across various bands at different times in India. ...
Analysing TRAI’s “Free Data” Recommendation
Recently TRAI released its recommendations for providing "Free Data" to consumers. The purpose of this recommendation is to enable "Free ...
Analysis of TRAI’s IUC consultation
Yesterday, TRAI issued a consultation paper to review IUC (Interconnection Usage Charges). Managing and reviewing IUC has been an important ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...