TRAI Recommendations on Guidelines for Television Rating Agencies
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) here today released its recommendations on Guidelines for Television Rating Agencies. The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB) had requested TRAI to provide its recommendations on issues related to guidelines/accreditation mechanism for accreditation of TRP rating agencies in India, under Section 11(1) (a) of TRAI Act, 1997. It was further… Read More
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TRAI releases consultation paper on Foreign Direct Investment in Broadcasting Sector
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has today released a consultation paper on Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) limits in various segments of the broadcasting sector in India. The Authority has, from time to time, given its recommendations on the subject of FDI in various segments of broadcasting sector, either suo motu or on request… Read More
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TRAI issues new guidelines for activation and de-activation of Value added Services
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) issued a Direction to the service providers, on the procedures for providing Value Added Services (VAS) and for de-activation of the Value Added Services so as to protect the interest of consumers. Activation of Value Added Services by service providers has been the cause of many customer complaints and is… Read More
Tags: Authority, Service Provider, , SMS, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, Unstructured Supplementary Service Data, Value-added service, VAS
TRAI prescribes SMS Termination Charge and Transactional SMS Charge
TRAI has released: (i) ˜The Short Message Services (SMS) Termination Charges Regulations, 2013™ which prescribes cost based SMS Termination Charge as 2 paise per SMS; (ii) Amendment to the Telecom Commercial Communications Customer Preference Regulations, 2010 which prescribes a transactional SMS charge of 5 paise per transactional SMS . These regulations will be applicable from… Read More
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TRAI extends date for comments on Consultation Paper
Extension of date for receipt of comments on TRAI™s consultation paper on Issues relating to Media Ownership The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) released a consultation paper on Issues relating to Media Ownership on 15th February, 2013, inviting written comments from the stakeholders by 8th March, 2013 and counter-comments by 15th March 2013, which… Read More
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