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TELECOM REGULATORY AUTHORITY OF INDIA
TRAI ACT 1997TRAI AMMENDMENT ACT 2000
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ROAD MAP Introduction
Basic Function : TRAI
Critical Analysis of Some Key Services NDNC/DNC MNP Consumer Protection
Statistical Data
New Services initiated by TRAI
Summary
INTRODUCTION
It is an independent regulator
It was established on 20 February 1997
The mission of TRAI is to create and nurture an environment which will enable the quick growth of the telecommunication sector in the country
One of the major objectives is to provide a transparent policy environment
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INTRODUCTION (contd..)
In 2000, the TDSAT was constituted through an amendment of the 1997 act
The primary objective of TDSAT's establishment was to release TRAI from adjudicatory and dispute settlement functions in order to strengthen the regulatory framework
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Why trai was formed ?
NTP 1994 – DoT was the policy maker and competitor to private entrants
Private enterprises were discouraged to enter the telecom market
Rural telecommunications suffered the most
To regulate & provide guiding principles to service providers
To ensure the interests of consumers of Telecom services
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TRAI : BASIC FUNCTIONS
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ANALYSI
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NDNC/DNC
NDNC: an opportunity to limit the telemarketing calls they receive
DNC: telemarketers are prohibited from calling in most circumstances. The list is maintained by the National Do Not Call Registry of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
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DO NOT CALL OR DO NOT Disturb
WHY ??
The authority been receiving complaints from various quarters regarding telemarketing calls and unsolicited SMSs
Disturb the recipients, intrude into their privacy and impose a cost
the Authority initiated a consultation process with all the
stakeholders and came out with a comprehensive regulation called the Telecom Unsolicited Commercial Communications Regulations in June 2007
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FEATURES - DNC
Subscribers will get registered in NDNC through telecom operators and it will be effective after 45 days
Registry by voice by dialing number ‘1909’ or by sending SMS to this number
Telemarketers will do scrubbing their calling list through the NDNC site before making actual costs / SMSs to subscribers
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FEATURES – DNC (contd..)
To discourage telemarketers from making calls to numbers registered in Do Not Call list, a provision has been made for prescribing higher tariff
The defaulter telemarketer could also face disconnection of telecom service
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USAGE OF DNC
Telemarketer oriented
Customer oriented
Individual phone number blocking
Service provider oriented
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MNP MNP stands for Mobile Number Portability
MNP in India became available from 01st January 2011
It allows to transfer the existing mobile phone number from one network provider to another
MNP will incur a charge of Rs 19
It takes 7 days to port the number
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MNP (contd..)
Some of the Advantages:- It enables mobile subscribers to retain their mobile
number
It empowers the consumer to be a lifelong owner of his phone number
Better addressing of grievances to retain subscribers
Affordable and convenient
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MNP (contd..)
For the month of January, the maximum number of requests in Zone-I (North and West India) were received in Gujarat at 4 Lakhs
Jammu & Kashmir registered the lowest number of requests at 2,534 but that is expected, since it has one of the lowest user base
In Zone-II (South and East India), West Bengal leads with 8 Lakhs customers requesting for number porting till date, followed by Kolkata, which received 4 Lakhs requests. There were just 6536 requests from the North East
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Consumer Protection
As per the Sixth Amendment made to Telecom Consumers Protection, Regulation, 2013 following provisions are regulated :
1. Deactivation of Mobile Telephone Connections of Prepaid Consumers due to non – usage
2. Deactivation of Mobile Telephone Connections of Postpaid Consumers due to non – usage
3. Grace period for re-activation
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Consumer Protection (contd..)
Providing usage details in respect to pre-paid mobile connections
Provision of information relating to complaint redressal mechanism
Provision of information to Prepaid consumers on activation of a voucher
Provision of information to Prepaid consumers relating to usage
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STATISTICAL DATAThe no. of telephone subscribers in India declined from 937.70 millions at the end of Sept-12 to 895.51 millions at the end of Dec-12. Further in the month of Jan-13 it declined to 893.15 millions
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STATISTICAL DATA (contd..)
TELE-DENSITY
The Urban Tele-density has declined from 161.13 as on 30.09.2013 to 149.90 as on 31.12.2013
The Rural Tele-density has declined from 40.36 to 39.85
The overall Tele-density has declined from 77.04 as on Sept-12 to 73.34 as on Dec-12
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STATISTICAL DATA (contd..)
Further it declined to 73.07 as on Jan-13
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STATISTICAL DATA (contd..)
REVENUE Monthly Average Revenue Per User (ARPU) for
GSM service increased by 3.03% from Rs.95 in QE Sept-12 to Rs.98 in QE Dec-12
ARPU for CDMA service increased by 2.80% from Rs.78 in QE Sept-12 to Rs.80 in QE Dec-12
Gross Revenue of Telecom Service Sector has been Rs.52858.39 Crore, decrease of 0.15% in GR as compared to last quarter
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SERVICES BY
TRAI
New Services
4G Technology
Fourth generation of mobile phone mobile communication technology standards
It is a successor to the third generation (3G) standards
Includes amended mobile web access, IP telephony, gaming services, high-definition mobile TV, video conferencing, 3D television, and cloud computing
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4G TECHNOLOGY
Fourth Generation Technology Faster & More Reliable
100 B/s Lower cost than previous generations
Multi – standard wireless system Bluetooth, Wired, Wireless
Ad Hoc Networking IPv6 Core
Most important is proprietary
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MOBILE TV Mobile television is television watched on a small
handheld or mobile device
It include features like downloading TV programs and podcasts from the internet and the ability to store programming for later viewing
The first pocket-sized mobile television which had a 2-inch CRT screen was sold in January 1977 for less than £100 in the UK
Mobile TV is one of the features provided by many 3G phones
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LOOKING FORWARD
The Digitization of cable TV network has already started; there will be complete transition to Digital Cable TV By 31.12.2014
It does not have the power to impose penalties on service providers for failing to adhere to rules , which is to change soon
Moving toward Green Telecom
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NAME ROLL NO.
MS. GILLIAN DOURADO 68
MR. NAVIN DUBEY 69
MR. BURHANUDDIN KACHWALA 76
MR. RAMLAVAT PATEL 98
MS. AAYUSHI TRHAN 115
MR. SAVIO MENEZES 117
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