According to the space sector business association ISpA, around three-fourths of respondents, including Starlink, Amazon, and OneWeb, supported the allocation of satellite communication spectrum through an administrative process rather than an auction. Reliance Jio and Vodafone have opposed the allocation of...
Category: Regulation
Pay DTH subscriber base 67 mn as of Dec. 2022: TRAI report
India’s broadcast and telecom regulator TRAI yesterday said that pay DTH services had a cumulative active subscriber base of around 66.62 million in QE December 31, 2022. This is in addition to the customers of Doordarshan’s free-to-air DTH platform, FreeDish.
“Since the introduction...
India b’band subscriber base 846.57 mn as on March’23: TRAI
India’s total broadband subscriber base increased to 846.57 million at the end of March 2023, showing a monthly growth rate of 0.86 percent, latest set of data released by broadcast and telecom regulator TRAI said yesterday. In February 2023, the subscribers base was 839.33 million with the top five serv...
TRAI suggestions on EoDB in telecom, b’cast sectors progressive: BIF
Regulator TRAI's recent recommendations on 'Ease of Doing Business' (EoDB) in the telecom and broadcasting sectors are extremely comprehensive, greatly facilitating, and will aid in rapid growth of the digital economy, according to industry body Broadband India Forum (BIF)...
Content delivery level-playing field needed in OTT, DTH, cable: Trai chairman
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) chairman P D Vaghela on May 03, in Mumbai pitched for a level-playing field on content delivery across all modes including OTT, DTH, and cable. He said at present, there is a lack of the same, pointing out that while a direct-to-home operator like Ta...
TRAI suggests infra status for b’cast, cable sectors; increased govt synergy for space services
TRAI yesterday came out with a slew of suggestions on further easing of doing business, recommending infrastructure status for the broadcast and cable sectors, apart from having more synergies amongst government agen...