{"id":19755,"date":"2024-09-27T19:24:06","date_gmt":"2024-09-27T13:54:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/matribhumisamachar.com\/en\/?p=19755"},"modified":"2024-09-27T19:24:06","modified_gmt":"2024-09-27T13:54:06","slug":"telecom-regulatory-authority-of-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/matribhumisamachar.com\/en\/2024\/09\/27\/telecom-regulatory-authority-of-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Telecom Regulatory Authority of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has today released a consultation paper on<strong>\u00a0\u2018Terms and Conditions for the Assignment of Spectrum for Certain Satellite-Based Commercial Communication Services\u2019.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Earlier, the Department of Telecommunications (DoT), through a letter dated 13.09.2021, had requested TRAI to provide recommendations, inter-alia, on the auction of spectrum for space-based communication services. In this regard, the Authority, through letters dated 27.09.2021 and 23.11.2021, sought certain information with respect to space-based communication services from DoT. In response, DoT, through a letter dated 16.08.2022, provided the requisite information. Based on the information provided by DoT, TRAI released a consultation paper on \u2018Assignment of Spectrum for Space-based Communication Services\u2019 on 06.04.2023 for soliciting comments of stakeholders on the subject.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the meanwhile, the Telecommunication Act, 2023 was enacted in December 2023. In light of the provisions of the Telecommunications Act, 2023 in respect of certain satellite-based services, TRAI, through a letter dated 08.02.2024, conveyed to DoT that\u00a0<em>\u201cthe DoT\u2019s reference requesting TRAI to provide its recommendations for auction of spectrum for space-based communication services, may require a review by DoT. Therefore, DoT is requested to provide the specific issues on which TRAI\u2019s recommendations are required on the subject.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In response, DoT, through a fresh reference letter dated 11.07.2024, stated that keeping in view the provisions of Section 4 and the First Schedule of the Telecommunications Act 2023, in terms of Section 11(1)(a) of TRAI Act 1997, TRAI is requested to provide recommendations on terms and conditions of spectrum assignment including spectrum pricing while accounting for level playing field with terrestrial access services for the following satellite-based communication services:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">(i) NGSO based Fixed Satellite Services providing data communication and Internet services. In its recommendations, TRAI may take into account services provided by GSO-based satellite communication service providers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">(ii) GSO\/ NGSO based Mobile Satellite Services providing voice, text, data, and internet services.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In this regard, a consultation paper on \u2018<strong>Terms and Conditions for the Assignment of Spectrum for Certain Satellite-Based Commercial Communication Services\u2019<\/strong>\u00a0has been placed on the TRAI&#8217;s website (www.trai.gov.in) for seeking comments and counter-comments from stakeholders. Written comments on the issues raised in the consultation paper are invited from stakeholders by 18<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0October 2024 and counter-comments by 25<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0October 2024, respectively.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has today released a consultation paper on\u00a0\u2018Terms and Conditions for the Assignment of Spectrum for Certain Satellite-Based Commercial Communication Services\u2019. Earlier, the Department of Telecommunications (DoT), through a letter dated 13.09.2021, had requested TRAI to provide recommendations, inter-alia, on the auction of spectrum for space-based communication services. In &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[136],"tags":[15575,15576,15577],"class_list":["post-19755","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","","category-national","tag-indian-telecom-regulations","tag-telecom-authority-india","tag-telecom-sector-in-india"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Telecom Regulatory Authority of India - Matribhumi Samachar English<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Discover the role and impact of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) in shaping the telecommunications landscape. Learn about its functions, regulations, and initiatives.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/matribhumisamachar.com\/en\/2024\/09\/27\/telecom-regulatory-authority-of-india\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Telecom Regulatory Authority of India - Matribhumi Samachar English\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Discover the role and impact of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) in shaping the telecommunications landscape. Learn about its functions, regulations, and initiatives.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/matribhumisamachar.com\/en\/2024\/09\/27\/telecom-regulatory-authority-of-india\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Matribhumi Samachar English\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-09-27T13:54:06+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Saransh Kanaujia\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Saransh Kanaujia\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/matribhumisamachar.com\/en\/2024\/09\/27\/telecom-regulatory-authority-of-india\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/matribhumisamachar.com\/en\/2024\/09\/27\/telecom-regulatory-authority-of-india\/\",\"name\":\"Telecom Regulatory Authority of India - Matribhumi Samachar English\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/matribhumisamachar.com\/en\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2024-09-27T13:54:06+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-09-27T13:54:06+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/matribhumisamachar.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/0a61403f4baf9627e92218b53a1e65f1\"},\"description\":\"Discover the role and impact of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) in shaping the telecommunications landscape. Learn about its functions, regulations, and initiatives.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/matribhumisamachar.com\/en\/2024\/09\/27\/telecom-regulatory-authority-of-india\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/matribhumisamachar.com\/en\/2024\/09\/27\/telecom-regulatory-authority-of-india\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/matribhumisamachar.com\/en\/2024\/09\/27\/telecom-regulatory-authority-of-india\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/matribhumisamachar.com\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Telecom Regulatory Authority of India\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/matribhumisamachar.com\/en\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/matribhumisamachar.com\/en\/\",\"name\":\"Matribhumi Samachar English\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/matribhumisamachar.com\/en\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/matribhumisamachar.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/0a61403f4baf9627e92218b53a1e65f1\",\"name\":\"Saransh Kanaujia\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/matribhumisamachar.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/45a8b03a1b1bb8255014f5e62f9cfea0eb8a9f7a6a604f9879038df08da23cea?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/45a8b03a1b1bb8255014f5e62f9cfea0eb8a9f7a6a604f9879038df08da23cea?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Saransh Kanaujia\"},\"description\":\"Saransh Kanaujia is currently editor of Matribhumi Samachar Group. He earlier worked with Hindusthan Samachar News Agency. He is also associated with many organizations.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/matribhumisamachar.com\/en\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/matribhumisamachar.com\/en\/author\/matribhumisamachar\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Telecom Regulatory Authority of India - Matribhumi Samachar English","description":"Discover the role and impact of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) in shaping the telecommunications landscape. Learn about its functions, regulations, and initiatives.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/matribhumisamachar.com\/en\/2024\/09\/27\/telecom-regulatory-authority-of-india\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Telecom Regulatory Authority of India - Matribhumi Samachar English","og_description":"Discover the role and impact of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) in shaping the telecommunications landscape. Learn about its functions, regulations, and initiatives.","og_url":"https:\/\/matribhumisamachar.com\/en\/2024\/09\/27\/telecom-regulatory-authority-of-india\/","og_site_name":"Matribhumi Samachar English","article_published_time":"2024-09-27T13:54:06+00:00","author":"Saransh Kanaujia","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Saransh Kanaujia","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/matribhumisamachar.com\/en\/2024\/09\/27\/telecom-regulatory-authority-of-india\/","url":"https:\/\/matribhumisamachar.com\/en\/2024\/09\/27\/telecom-regulatory-authority-of-india\/","name":"Telecom Regulatory Authority of India - Matribhumi Samachar English","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/matribhumisamachar.com\/en\/#website"},"datePublished":"2024-09-27T13:54:06+00:00","dateModified":"2024-09-27T13:54:06+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/matribhumisamachar.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/0a61403f4baf9627e92218b53a1e65f1"},"description":"Discover the role and impact of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) in shaping the telecommunications landscape. Learn about its functions, regulations, and initiatives.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/matribhumisamachar.com\/en\/2024\/09\/27\/telecom-regulatory-authority-of-india\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/matribhumisamachar.com\/en\/2024\/09\/27\/telecom-regulatory-authority-of-india\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/matribhumisamachar.com\/en\/2024\/09\/27\/telecom-regulatory-authority-of-india\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/matribhumisamachar.com\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Telecom Regulatory Authority of India"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/matribhumisamachar.com\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/matribhumisamachar.com\/en\/","name":"Matribhumi Samachar English","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/matribhumisamachar.com\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/matribhumisamachar.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/0a61403f4baf9627e92218b53a1e65f1","name":"Saransh Kanaujia","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/matribhumisamachar.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/45a8b03a1b1bb8255014f5e62f9cfea0eb8a9f7a6a604f9879038df08da23cea?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/45a8b03a1b1bb8255014f5e62f9cfea0eb8a9f7a6a604f9879038df08da23cea?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Saransh Kanaujia"},"description":"Saransh Kanaujia is currently editor of Matribhumi Samachar Group. He earlier worked with Hindusthan Samachar News Agency. He is also associated with many organizations.","sameAs":["https:\/\/matribhumisamachar.com\/en"],"url":"https:\/\/matribhumisamachar.com\/en\/author\/matribhumisamachar\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/matribhumisamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19755","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/matribhumisamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/matribhumisamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matribhumisamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matribhumisamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19755"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/matribhumisamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19755\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19803,"href":"https:\/\/matribhumisamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19755\/revisions\/19803"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/matribhumisamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19755"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matribhumisamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19755"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matribhumisamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19755"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}