Impact of the TRAI reserve price recommendations on consumers The draft NTP 2011 emphasises the role of telecoms in “accelerated equitable and inclusive economic growth by laying special emphasis on providing affordable and quality telecommunication services.”   In light of these aspirations PwC in its paper on "Impact of TRAI spectrum recommendation on consumers and industry" assessed TRAI’s ‘Recommendations on Auction of Spectrum’ published on 23rd Ap...

TRAI needs to be empowered An industry that has rallied over 800 million telecom users and expects to cross the 1 billion mark by 2014 needs a regulator with more teeth. This has been a long-standing demand of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), which has not been able to ensure that operators comply with policy decisions. With the new telecom policy under way, the Ministry of Communications and IT is finally consi...

Will the Ministry succeed in empowering TRAI? An industry that has rallied over 800 million telecom users and expects to cross the 1 billion mark by 2014 needs a regulator with more teeth. This has been a long-standing demand of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), which has not been able to ensure that operators comply with policy decisions. With the new telecom policy under way, the Ministry of Communications and IT is finally consi...