Call Drop

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  TRAI Aims to Tackle Call Drops Issue With Regulations; Improve Connectivity Inside Buildings

  Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) will tackle call drops in the country and aid in the growth of the telecom sector in the country, the regulator's newly appointed Chairman Anil Kumar Lahoti said on Wednesday. Lahoti's predecessor, PD Vaghela, retired last September after completing his two-year term.

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  56% Indians Facing Call Drop Issues, 82% Doing This To Overcome It: Survey

  Around 56 per cent of respondents surveyed across India, covering 339 districts, shared that they are facing severe call drop and call connection problems, online platform LocalCircles said in a report on Monday.

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  All Telecom Operators Except BSNL Complying With Call Drop Norms: Centre

  All telecom operators except state-owned telecom firm BSNL, only in one circle, have been complying with call drop norms, Parliament was informed on Wednesday.

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  Problem Of Call Drops In Urban Areas Largely resolved, Says Minister

  Union minister Sanjay Dhotre Saturday said the issue of call drops faced by mobile subscribers has been largely resolved in urban areas.

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  Call Drops in Delhi? This Is the Reason

  People in the national capital may face a rise in call drops and slow Internet.

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  Call Drops Issue Telco-Specific, Can't Be Generalised: COAI

  COAI has said call drops are a result of operator churn and difficulty in getting approvals for installing infrastructure.

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  TRAI Expects to Release Assessment of Telcos' Mobile Service Quality by Month-End

  "Quality of service has been an important criterion for us and call drop is one of the parameters of quality of service," TRAI Chairman R S Sharma said.

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  DoT to Meet Telcos, Regulators on Call Drops on Wednesday

  The meeting is also slated to discuss the new stringent call drop norms that were enforced by telecom regulator TRAI in October last year.

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  COAI Seeks Talks With TRAI on Results of New Call Drop Norms

  As per the new QoS rules that came into force from October 1, TRAI has proposed financial disincentive in the range of Rs. 1-5 lakh in a graded penalty system.

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  Call Drop Rate Has Come Down 8 Percent in Last Year, Says Government

  Communications Minister Manoj Sinha said that there was "substantial improvement" in customer satisfaction as well.

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  Call Drops: TRAI Says Telcos Can Be Fined Up to Rs. 5 Lakhs on Call Drops

  TRAI said if the benchmark is not met, the service provider may be fined up to Rs. 5 lakhs against one parameter "depending upon the extent of deviation of performance from the benchmark.

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  New Call Drop Norms to Be Announced in a Week, Says TRAI

  TRAI also plans to start in August the public discussion on the next round of spectrum auction.

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  TRAI Likely to Resume Call Drop Drive Tests This Month

  "Independent drive tests are going to begin. Actually, there was some gap (problem) which has been removed...they should start probably from this month on."

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  Call Drops Issue: No Telco Tricks Will Work, We're Constantly Monitoring, Says Sinha

  "We are looking at every aspect of call drop. No trick will work in this case," Telecom Minister Manoj Sinha told PTI in an interview.

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  Mobile Tower Radiation Has No Adverse Impact On Human Health: Minister Manoj Sinha

  Allaying fears about mobile tower radiation, Communications Minister Manoj Sinha on Tuesday said India has 10 times stricter norms than global standards and observed that more towers are needed to have better connectivity.