Tuesday, March 20, 2007

Trai willing, ISD calls may cost less from April 1

International long distance calls (ISD) may become cheaper as telecom regulator Trai is considering reducing levy on both outgoing and incoming ISD calls from April 1.According to sources, Trai will be meeting this week to finalise the annual review of access deficit charge (ADC), a levy being paid by private operators to BSNL for rolling out services in remote and rural areas, which may be reduced on ISD traffic.The ADC on both outgoing and incoming ISD calls may be reduced by up to 50% and the current total ADC of 1.5% of gross revenue is also likely to come down to 1%.As per the road map, the total ADC, currently at Rs 3,335 crore, should be lowered to Rs 1,600-1,800 crore for FY08 before being phased out by next fiscal to 0.

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