{"id":983487,"date":"2026-01-06T08:04:29","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T02:34:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/?p=983487"},"modified":"2026-01-06T08:14:44","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T02:44:44","slug":"nhai-flags-424-telecom-black-spots-urges-trai-to-step-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/2026\/01\/06\/nhai-flags-424-telecom-black-spots-urges-trai-to-step-in\/","title":{"rendered":"NHAI flags 424 &#8216;telecom black spots&#8217;, urges TRAI to step in"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NEW DELHI: Lack of mobile network coverage on highway and expressway stretches is not only causing inconvenience to commuters but is also a concern for NHAI as cellular connectivity gaps affect emergency communication to responders &#8211; such as ambulance services and patrol vehicles &#8211; in case of an incident. <\/p>\n<p>Flagging this, NHAI has urged telecom regulator TRAI to direct operators to improve mobile network connectivity on these sections. <\/p>\n<p>The authority has identified 424 such &#8220;telecom black spots&#8221; covering around 1,750km and has shared this with TRAI.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW DELHI: Lack of mobile network coverage on highway and expressway stretches is not only causing inconvenience to commuters but is also a concern for NHAI as cellular connectivity gaps affect emergency communication to responders &#8211; such as ambulance services and patrol vehicles &#8211; in case of an incident. Flagging this, NHAI has urged telecom regulator TRAI to direct operators to improve mobile network connectivity on these sections. The authority has identified 424 such &#8220;telecom black spots&#8221; covering around 1,750km and has shared this with TRAI.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,60,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-983487","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newspapers","category-telecom-the-economic-times","category-the-economic-times"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/983487","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=983487"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/983487\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=983487"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=983487"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=983487"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}