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India's Telecom Sector
India's telecom sector splits its work between the Department of Telecommunications for policy and spectrum, TRAI for regulation and C-DOT for research. In early November 2026 TRAI amended its complaint-redressal and interconnection regulations, the second change taking effect on 1 January 2027.
Last updated 3 November 20268 min read
Latest update
Adds TRAI's two November amendments: appeals within 15 days and round-the-clock complaint centres; service-area-level, IP-based interconnection from 1 January 2027.
- telecom
- TRAI
- tele-density
- C-DOT
- DoT
- broadband
- optical network
- subscriber data
- 6G
- G20 Innovation Ministerial
- Jitin Prasada
- ISM 2.0
- US Department of Commerce
- Call to Action for 6G Leadership and Security
- Department of Telecommunications
- Bharat 6G Vision
- BharatNet
- Digital Bharat Nidhi
- Jharkhand
- BSNL
- TCCCPR 2018
- spam calls
- A2P calls
- unsolicited commercial communication
- DND
- IMEI
- Device Setu
- Type Allocation Code
- Sanchar Saathi
- Telecommunications Act 2023
- CEIR
- Digital Connectivity Rating
- telecom subscribers
- ARPU
- Performance Indicators
- Chakshu
- Financial Fraud Risk Indicator
- AGR
- India Mobile Congress
- 5G
- satellite communication
- GMPCS
- Bharat 6G Alliance
- New Delhi Declaration
- TTDF
- internet subscribers
- India Mobile Congress 2026
- ALTD
- FAST channels
- TRAI recommendations
- TRAI AI guidelines
- Amended BharatNet Program
- TANFINET
- TRAI regulations
- complaint redressal
- interconnection
- IP-based interconnection
- Network Anubhav
- MySpeed
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