TRAI’s latest proposals to cut interconnect charges may lower call rates

Economic Times | April 29, 2011 | Joji Thomas Philip

NEW DELHI: Telecom regulator TRAI has fired the starting gun on radical changes in the mobile sector by proposing deep cuts in charges paid by operators to each other, a move that could lower tariffs for consumers but worsen the rancour in a deeply divided industry.

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India on Thursday set the ball rolling on its review of so-called “interconnect charges”, seeking views from mobile operators on a range of proposals that even include the possibility of doing away with call termination charges.

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