The Hindu Business Line : Margins on calls enough to absorb ADC: Baijal

THE Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) on Tuesday said that its decision to impose an Access Deficit Charge (ADC) on roaming calls should not result in increase in roaming tariffs, given the "enormous margins".

"ADC would be applicable at rates which are similar to international and long distance calls depending on the nature of the roamer. It will have a very negligible impact on cellular companies. There is enormous margin in roaming tariffs and I do not see tariffs going up," the TRAI Chairman, Mr Pradip Baijal, said on the sidelines of a conference here.

"We received a representation from Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd and examined it, after which we have imposed a very limited ADC," Mr Baijal said.

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