Can BSNL Rescue Price-Sensitive Consumers from the Impact of Recent Data Price Hikes?
Recently, India witnessed a series of data tariff hikes, sparking significant public discontent. Many feel that affordable data tariffs were ...
Tag: Telecom Regulation
Navigating the Spectrum: The 700 MHz Odyssey of Missed Opportunities and Regulatory Oversights
This article delves into the complex narrative of the 700 MHz spectrum band, celebrated for its vast potential in mobile ...
Simplifying The Debate – Network Usage Fee vs Network Neutrality
The TRAI's consultation paper has ignited a fierce battle between telecom operators and OTT players. The former is pushing TRAI ...
FCC’s Net Neutrality U-Turn: Implications for 5G Landscape
Yesterday, FCC Chairwoman Rosenworcel proposed (video, document) reinstating net neutrality rules, seeking to return to the successful 2015 regulations. This raises questions about ...
Satellite – Interference Management
In the past, I had pointed to many reasons for the assignment of spectrum for satellite services administratively and not ...
Licensing OTT Apps- Does it make any sense?
For the last few months, the GOI (Government of India) has been debating the new telecom bill. The bill has ...
Regulating OTT Communication Apps
We know that the Draft Telecom Bill 2022, has stirred a debate on reigning the OTT communication apps under the ...
Decluttering the debate on Regulating the OTT communication apps
While I have written many articles on this issue, and on this one, I plan to be absolutely straight — ...
OTT — Can it be licensed?
OTT vs Telecom In order to find an answer to this question we first need to understand how OTT works ...
Indian Telecom Market — The Danger of Duopoly
The Indian telecom market is in real danger of going into the state of a duopoly, and the government is ...