Trai has said that in some cases,

TDSAT annuls Trai order on bandwidth tariffs
The Telecom Dispute Settlement Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT) has set aside an order from Trai, the telecommunications regulator, which reduced international bandwidth tariffs by as much as 70%.

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Reviewing the Access Deficit Charge
The Department of Telecom (DoT) commenced a review of the Access Deficit Charge (ADC) levy after a year's delay.

ADC regulations are expected to be modified so that long distance calls will be

Contracts Announced for Provision of Rural Telephone Services

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State telecom operators to merge

TRAI considering free spectrum in rural areas

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Trai seeks to improve rural telephony

Telecom tariff reductions
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) believes that access deficit charges (ADC) can be further reduced. India’s telecommunications tariffs are among the lowest in the world – an average of

New Trai chairperson
Nripendra Misra, a former secretary in the Department of Telecommunication, will succeed Pradip Baijal as the new chairperson of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India effective immediately.
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Rural development project assessment
Bharat Nirman programme, which aims to upgrade India’s rural infrastructure has met its rural telephony target for the year.

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh announced that four components of

USO Fund to support rural broadband
The Department of Telecom has decided to provide resources from the Universal Services Obligation (USO) Fund to operators providing broadband in rural areas. This decision comes on the heels of an ann

Rural areas can be big business
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) chair Pradip Baijal has urged telecommunications operators to focus on rural areas.

"Telecom service providers have to stop seeing the rural areas as a

DoT seeks funds for rural telephony

Rural phone projects awarded
Bharat Sanchar Nigam, Reliance Infocomm and Tata Teleservices have won a government sponsored plan to provide 8 million fixed-lines to rural households by 2007.

The project is being supported from

No need for new telecommunications policy

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VSNL Obtains U.S. Regulatory Approval to Acquire Network
Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited (VSNL), a major Indian provider of international telecommunications and internet services, announced that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in the U.S. approved

All villages to have phone service by 2007
India will connect all 600,000 of its villages to the telecommunications network within the next two years, Telecom Minister Dayanidhi Maran said.

"We have visualised that by 2007 the country will

Regulator cuts ADC on outgoing international calls
India's telecommunications regulator says it has reduced the fee paid by all telecommunications users to fund rural network expansion by state-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL).

"The main

Telecom FDI limit increased to 74%
The cabinet on Thursday approved an increase in the foreign direct investment (FDI) limit in the telecommunications sector to 74% from 49%. Indian operators will not be allowed to use remote access fo

TRAI proposal for rural operators rejected
The Department of Telecom (DoT) has rejected the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India’s (TRAI’s) proposal to set up rural telecom operators.

TRAI proposed creating this new type of operator in it