1. TELECOM REGULATORY AUTHORITY
OF INDIA
TRAI ACT 1997
TRAI AMMENDMENT ACT 2000
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2. 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

4. 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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5. 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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6. 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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7. TRAI : BASIC FUNCTIONS
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9. 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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10. 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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11. 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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12. 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
disconnection of telecom service
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13. USAGE OF DNC
 Telemarketer oriented
 Customer oriented
 Individual phone number blocking
 Service provider oriented
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14. 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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15. 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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16. MNP (contd..)

17. 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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18. 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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19. Consumer Protection (contd..)
 Providing usage details in respect to pre-paid mobile
connections
 Provision
of information
redressal mechanism
relating
to
complaint
 Provision of information to Prepaid consumers on
activation of a voucher
 Provision of information to Prepaid consumers
relating to usage
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20. STATISTICAL DATA
In millions
The 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
940
920
900
880
860
Telephone Subscribers
Sept
(2012)
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Source : www.trai.gov.in
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21. 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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22. STATISTICAL DATA (contd..)
Source : www.trai.gov.in
 Further it declined to 73.07 as on Jan-13
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24. 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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26. New Services
4G Technology
 Fourth generation of mobile phone mobile communication
technology standards
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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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27. 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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28. 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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30. 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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31. PRESENTED BY :NAME
ROLL NO.
MS. GILLIAN DOURADO
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MR. NAVIN DUBEY
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MR. BURHANUDDIN KACHWALA
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MR. RAMLAVAT PATEL
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MS. AAYUSHI TRHAN
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MR. SAVIO MENEZES
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