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Thursday, Apr 03, 2003
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Telecommunications Corporate - Corporate Disputes TDSAT to take up IUC after WLL hearings — Cell players asked to detail projected revenue losses Our Bureau
NEW DELHI, April 2 THE Telecom Dispute Settlement Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT) is scheduled to hear petitions challenging the interconnection usage charges (IUC) regulation issued by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) after it completes the proceedings relating to limited mobility (WLL) by April 9. The IUC and tariff regulations issued by the authority are to come into effect from May 1, and are expected to increase the landline costs for the consumers. The regulations have been opposed by all the industry groups — basic, cellular and long distance telecom operators. While basic operators had objected to the regulator's IUC regime stating that Calling Party Pays (CPP) had been permitted and a mobile termination charge had also been levied, cellular operators were against the concept of paying for using another operator's network, and instead have demanded that the charges need to be revised according to the true cost. Meanwhile, the tribunal which is hearing the WLL case to decide on the level-playing field to be provided to the cellular operators has sought the views of mobile operators regarding the alleged loss to their revenues on account of limited mobility services. It has asked the Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) to give details as to what has been the decline in the revenue margins on account of limited mobility services. Speaking on behalf of COAI, advocate Mr C.S. Vaidyanathan said the WLL services had an impact on the mobile operations, and the growth rate had come down drastically. The association would soon submit details on the extent of impact on the cellular business due to limited mobility services. Mr Vaidyanathan said the Government had permitted basic operators to offer WLL services at a time when cellular operators were already offering mobile services, although in a similar case cellular operators had not been allowed to interconnect for offering cheaper long-distance services on the ground that it infringed on the long-distance licence. He noted that since a service-specific licence was already allowed, it should not have been allowed to be violated. TDSAT has extended the hearing on the case by a day. It will now continue on Thursday and later on April 7, 8 and 9.
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