Starting from 1 February, termination charges payable by an International Long Distance Operator (ILDO) to the access provider in whose network the call terminates will come down from Rs 0.53 per minute to Rs 0.30 per minute.
Telcos charge termination charge on operators from whose networks calls have been made, for transmitting them to the subscriber.
The telecom regulator, through a press release released on 12 January, announced that it has brought down international incoming call termination rate to curb the "grey route".
TRAI in its note mentioned prevalence of grey market which routes the ISD calls made to India by setting up illegal VoIP (voice over internet protocol) gateways which needs to curbed. The regulator said the menace of grey route poses serious security threat to the country apart from causing significant leakage in the revenue accruable to the country and its telecom service providers, and, proliferation of OTT (over-the-top) route for the carrying international voice traffic has many non-cost factors.
The release said: "The Authority is of the view that, while deciding on the appropriate level of ITC (international termination charge) in the country, curbing the menace of grey route should be a more important regulatory priority than facilitating the shift of the international incoming traffic from OTT route to carrier route."
The telecom regulator, through a press release released on 12 January, announced that it has brought down international incoming call termination rate to curb the "grey route".
TRAI in its note mentioned prevalence of grey market which routes the ISD calls made to India by setting up illegal VoIP (voice over internet protocol) gateways which needs to curbed. The regulator said the menace of grey route poses serious security threat to the country apart from causing significant leakage in the revenue accruable to the country and its telecom service providers, and, proliferation of OTT (over-the-top) route for the carrying international voice traffic has many non-cost factors.
The release said: "The Authority is of the view that, while deciding on the appropriate level of ITC (international termination charge) in the country, curbing the menace of grey route should be a more important regulatory priority than facilitating the shift of the international incoming traffic from OTT route to carrier route."
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