call drops

Call Drops: Telcos to Install 150,000 More Towers by March 2017

7 years ago Admin 0
With an aim to solve call drops the telecom service providers have installed more than 130,000 additional base transceiver stations (BTS) across the country between June to October and plan to install more than 150,000 more BTSs till March 2017. “In order to obtain direct feedback from subscribers and use that feedback to solve the problem Read More

This is the new toll free number to report call drops

7 years ago Admin 0
Government is planning to start soon a toll free number 1955 for taking feedback of telecom subscribers on call drops. Provisioning of this number will be mandatory for telecom operators and should be accessible for local and STD calling. “Short code 1955 has been allotted for IVRS system on call drop,” an official source said. As Read More

Call drops: Parliamentary panel meeting with TRAI, DoT, Telcos on Nov 10

8 years ago Admin 0
A Parliamentary panel has called telecom operators along with the Department of Telecom and sector regulator TRAI for a meeting on November 10 to discuss the raging call drop issue. The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology, headed by MP Anurag Thakur, has called members of industry body COAI and Reliance Jio separately. Reliance Jio, also Read More