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TRAI Shares April 2025 Network Quality Results from Nine Cities
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has published the findings of its Independent Drive Tests (IDTs) conducted in April 2025. These tests covered nine cities and surrounding highway corridors across seven Licensed Service Areas (LSAs), including Palakkad, Varanasi, Delhi (city and highway), Cuttack, Jodhpur, Patna, Gangtok, and Pakyong. These assessments form part of TRAI鈥檚 routine Quality of Service (QoS) monitoring to evaluate real-time performance of mobile networks. The drive tests were carried out using standardised protocols and calibrated equipment under direct..
TRAI Starts Digital Consent Pilot with RBI and Leading Banks
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has noted that many spam-related complaints from consumers are directed at businesses they have previously engaged with for goods or services. When investigated, these businesses often claim they hold the consumer鈥檚 consent for sending commercial messages or making calls. Under the Telecom Commercial Communications Customer Preference Regulations (TCCCPR), 2018, commercial communications can be made to consumers, even if they are on the Do Not Disturb (DND) list, as long as the sender has obtained explicit consent. However, in many ..
TRAI Caps PM-WANI Tariffs to Boost Affordable Public Wi-Fi
The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has welcomed the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India鈥檚 (TRAI) Telecommunication Tariff (71st Amendment) Order, 2025 (PR 46/2025), issued on 16 June 2025. This amendment mandates that all retail FTTH broadband plans up to 200 Mbps must be offered to Public Data Offices (PDOs) at prices not exceeding twice the consumer broadband rate. This ceiling is expected to significantly reduce the backhaul costs for public Wi-Fi hotspots鈥攂y as much as tenfold. Introduced under the Prime Minister鈥檚 鈥淏roadband for All鈥� initiative, the PM-WANI ..
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