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New telcos ask TRAI to reduce termination charges

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BANGALORE, INDIA: The telecom regulatory body, TRAI has been asked to lower the mobile termination charges by new mobile operators such as Datacom, Unitech, Swan Telecom, Shyam, Loop and Reliance Communications.

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According to them, they would be able to cut mobile tariffs by at least 50 per cent or more if termination charges are set below 10 paise a minute.

TRAI is in the process of holding consultations with the industry, and ahead of open house discussion next week the new GSM players have urged that termination charges either be done away with or kept below 10 paise a minute to compete with the existing players, according to media reports.

However, the existing operators such as Airtel, Vodafone, and Idea Cellular think that any drastic cut in charges would affect their roll out plans in the rural areas as this would reduce revenue.

At present mobile operators like Vodafone, Airtel and Idea charge 30 paise a minute from an operator on whose network the call ends.

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