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What telcos have to say on satellite regulations for low-bandwidth applications in India
5 hours ago
The responses to TRAI’s consultation paper on low-bandwidth applications for satellite technology are in. Here’s what telecom operators have to say on the questions raised in the paper. (You can read our summary of the questions here.) “Low-bandwidth applications” generally refer to applications, which unlike TV broadcasting and satellite internet, don’t need a lot of data to work, such as simple IoT devices.
Spectrum bands: TRAI asked which spectrum bands should be used for providing IoT services through satellite.
“Frequencies in L-band, C-band and S-band are crucial to mobile communication, earmarked for current and future IMT rollout and should not be considered for satellite communication services,”
As govt seeks to relax satellite licenses, TRAI puts out consultation paper
March 12, 2021
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) on Friday put out a consultation paper to figure out how to make low-bitrate applications of satellite technology routine things like GPS tracking, steering farm equipment, monitoring remote transmission towers more accessible for interested private players. In a letter to TRAI, the Department of Telecommunications pointed out that existing licenses either had little uptake, or could be prohibitively priced if a lot of receivers are needed to be installed on the ground.
Among ways of relaxing satellite license norms, the consultation paper
February 1, 2021
The Competition Commission of India put out a 34 page report this month on the state of the telecom industry from a competition perspective. The report was compiled based on a combination of stakeholder inputs and reviews of publicly available material.
Industry trends
Market structure and price competition
Prices and market dominance: Over the years, data prices have plummeted to less than ₹10 per GB, with Reliance Jio emerging as the dominant operator with around one third market share in subscribers and Adjusted Gross Revenue. Data use has grown to over 10GB per user per month, and calls have grown to over 600 minutes per user per month.
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On 22 January 2021, the Competition Commission of India (CCI)
published its market study on the Indian telecom sector (Market
Study). Initiated by the CCI in January 2020 as part of its
advocacy measures, the Market Study aims to analyse competition
challenges in the wake of technological innovations, and regulatory
changes.
The Market Study s key findings and highlights are
summarised below:
Parameters of competition - a shift from price to non-price
factors
While tariffs are the primary competitive factor in the
price-sensitive Indian telecom market, there is a marked shift in