Indian Government May Regulate Co-Location Pricing
Telecom Yatra
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has issued a consultation paper on collocation charges between telecom companies. Collocation is closely connected to interconnection, which refers to the process of making it possible for subscribers of various operators to talk to one another. It is mandatory for all licensed operators to interconnect with other [...]
Egypt Cracks Down On Mobile VoIP
Reuters South Africa
Egypt has begun enforcing a ban on international calls made through mobile internet connections, the head of the telcoms regulator told Reuters on Tuesday, potentially boosting voice revenues at landline monopoly Telecom Egypt.
Topics: Africa, International calls, telecommunications, telecom, South Africa, Egypt, regulation
The Murky World of Telecom Licensing
exchange4media.com
Is the fix already in for upcoming 3G spectrum auctions in India?
Topics: licensing, India, telecommunications, regulation, telecom
TRAI Mulls Committee to Handle Consumer Grievances
Business Standard
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) is in the process of constituting a committee to address consumer grievances for pre-paid mobile connections. Sources from the telecom regulator say the committee will be set up in the next few days.
Topics: consumer, telecom, India, 4G, pre-paid, telecommunications, regulation
India May Delay Mobile Number Portability Again
PC World
The roll-out in India of mobile number portability (MNP) is likely to delay beyond a March 31 deadline, because operators have not yet upgraded their infrastructure, the country’s minister of state for communications and IT, Gurudas Kamat, said on Thursday. MNP will give mobile subscribers the option to retain their mobile numbers even if [...]
Egypt Telecom Regulator Extends Bidding Deadline Again
Reuters South Africa
Egypt’s telecom regulator has extended the deadline for bids for two restricted licences to supply cable, voice and internet services to residential compounds by one month, after requests from potential bidders.
Topics: regulation, Egypt, telecommunications, Africa, telecom
Beijing Faces ‘Triple Play’ Rivalries
Financial Times
Regional trials are to start as early as this year and convergence is set to be completed between 2013 and 2015, according to the State Council, the country’s chief administrative authority. While the push into so-called ‘triple play’ is approaching in many countries, analysts say China offers different opportunities and challenges.
The habit of content [...]
A Guide to Net Neutrality Cherry-Picking, Telecom Style
Public Knowledge Tech News and Comment
Over the last couple of weeks, a fierce little debate has started to rage about how the United States should treat high-speed Internet access. As we mentioned a couple of weeks ago, the whole ecosystem surrounding the big telecom carriers got together to warn the Federal Communications Commission about really [...]
France Telecom’s Mobinil Bid Blocked by Egypt Court
BusinessWeek
“This has a negative effect on Mobinil shares in the short term until we see what France Telecom will do or if the regulatory authority will appeal,” Amr …
Topics: Africa, telecom, regulation, blocked, Egypt, telecommunications, France, 2G, France Telecom, South Africa
Net Neutrality Faces Appeals Court
InformationWeek
“If this decision is upheld, it will mark a turning point in telecommunications law and bolster the agency’s current move to make its network neutrality …
Topics: telecommunications, telecom, security, network neutrality, regulation
Beware of low mobile call rates
Daily News & Analysis
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India has announced an inquiry into the predatory pricing in mobile services last week. Its findings and decisions will …
Topics: Mumbai, telecommunications, regulation, India, telecom
Rating shows M’sia can beat S’pore, HK and other countries
Malaysia Star
And the Fitch report also does not mean that telecommunications regulation in Malaysia has no room for improvement. Indeed, when seen from the standpoint of …and more »
Topics: telecommunications, regulation, countries, telecom
Mobile Internet Explosion Likely in 2010
Korea Times
Last month, the National Assembly’s committee on broadcasting and communications voted to pass the bill on a revised telecommunications law, which included…
Topics: telecommunications, telecom, regulation
MNP to be delayed; DoT calls meeting tomorrow
Business Standard
… by about two to three months, as some of the operators are not ready, said a senior official of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai). …
Topics: regulation, telecom, telecommunications, India
Sauce For The Canadian Goose And The Egyptian Gander In Mobile Communications
Gerson Lehrman Group
It is ironic that at least in this respect the current structure of telecommunications regulation in Canada may operate in a more obscure and sphinx-like …
Topics: wireless, regulation, telecom, Canada, telecommunications, Egypt
