Implementing CPP costs DoT Rs 150 cr

NEW DELHI: All the telephone exchanges of The Department of Telecommunication

(DoT) across the country will ready to implement Calling Party Pays (CPP) regime

by November 1. This was pointed out by DoT sources here. It is learnt that the

DoT has incurred a cost of Rs 150 crore for the upgradation of the hardware and

software at the exchanges to make them CPP ready.

DoT is reportedly quite upset about the implementation of CPP in the country.

"It's not the fact that DoT has to spend this amount from its own budget

that disturbs us. What is bothering is an annual loss of Rs 200 crore on account

of unfair revenue sharing between the operator and the DoT on account of

interconnection. Because for every call that originates from a PSTN to cellphone,

DoT will lose 50 paise," a DoT official told Cyber News Service.