Telecom Regulatory Authority of India
Pesky calls: Trai makes registration of telemarketers, subscribers mandatory
20 Jul 2018
The new regulations, intended to put an end to pesky calls and spam messages, make registration of both telemarketers and subscribers mandatory
Trai calls for safeguarding consumer data with telecom firms
17 Jul 2018
Trai has recommended that all entities in the digital ecosystem who control or process personal data of users, should be brought under a data protection framework
Trai penalises Jio, Airtel, Idea and Vodafone
02 Jul 2018
Relief for old telcos: TDSAT stays Trai move on SMP, special offers
25 Apr 2018
Responding to an appeal by Airtel and Idea Cellular, the telecoms tribunal has granted a stay on Trai’s new definition of 'significant market power' and the new rules on reporting special ‘segmented offers
Trai renews Wi-Fi hotspots proposal with new pilot study
06 Apr 2018
Telecom regulator Trai has revived its earlier proposal for allowing data resale that would help in the spread of public Wi-Fi hotspots and cut internet costs by up to 90 per cent
Trai net neutrality guidelines a positive step, agree experts
29 Nov 2017
After two years of deliberations, TRAI’s support for net neutrality is among the strongest in the world, and ‘will promote equitable access to the internet for every citizen’
Apple trying to sell its own anti-pesky call app to Trai
16 Nov 2017
Apple, which refused to approve Trai’s 'Do Not Disturb' mobile app, has now reportedly agreed to help the regulator develop an anti-spam mobile application, but with limited applications
RCom to end voice calls from 1 Dec; Trai asks carrier to allow porting till end-Dec
04 Nov 2017
With the Anil Ambani-led Reliance Communications stopping all 2G and 3G voice call services in 17 telecom circles in the country from 1 December, Trai wants to smoothen the process for subscribers porting out to other service providers
Data ownership key to data protection: Trai chief
27 Oct 2017
With 90 per cent of the data traffic on the internet being controlled by a few firms, Trai chairman R S Sharma said the regulator is duty-bound to fix responsibility for stakeholders
Telcos up in arms against Trai’s move to cut IUC
22 Sep 2017
Apple rejects Trai anti-spam app, says won’t part with user data
08 Sep 2017
The Indian government is now in a piquant situation where a private company, and that too a large foreign one, claims to be the sole custodian of the privacy and personal data of Indian users
Latest articles
Featured articles
The remarkable Ratan Tata
By Kiron Kasbekar | 23 Oct 2024
One newspaper report of Ratan Tata’s passing away showed an old photo of him climbing into the cockpit of a Lockheed Martin F-16 fighter.
Lighter than air, yet very, very powerful
By Kiron Kasbekar | 03 Jan 2024
In March 2013 Chinese scientists pulled off a remarkable feat. They created the world’s lightest aerogel. Tipping the scales at a mere 0.16 milligrams per cubic centimeter – that’s a sixth of the weight of air!
COP28 explained: A closer look at COP28's climate change solutions
By Aniket Gupta | 27 Dec 2023
The 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP28, took place from 30th November 2023, to 13th December 2023, at Expo City in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
What is a Ponzi scheme?
By Aniket Gupta | 06 Dec 2023
Ponzi schemes have long captivated the public imagination, drawing unsuspecting investors into a web of illusion and deception.
The Rise and Rise of HDFC Bank
03 Jul 2023
HDFC, which surged ahead of global majors like HSBC Holdings Plc and Citigroup Inc and left Indian peers like State Bank of India and ICICI Bank in market capitalisation, now ranks fourth largest among the world’s most valuable banks, after JPMorgan Chase & Co, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd and Bank of America Corp
India’s Millet Revolution To Enrich Global Food Basket
02 Apr 2023
Millets, a healthier and cheaper substitute to wheat and rice, are indigenous to many parts of the world, especially in the semiarid tropics of Asia and Africa, and offers a big scope for expanding production and consumption in the foodgrain deficient African continent
Market predator Hindenburg preys on Adani stock
06 Mar 2023
Almost a month after the damning report of short-seller Hindenburg Research on the Adani Group that claimed that the seven stocks within the group were about 85 per cent overvalued, one of the group's stocks, Adani Total Gas, closed at Rs835 on the BSE, down nearly 79 per cent from its 24 January level, almost close to reaching that valuation