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TRAI lowers IUC

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TRAI has reduced interconnect usage charge (IUC) to six paise with effect from 1st October and abolished it all together for all local calls starting 1 January 2020.

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http://www.livemint.com/Industry/hVC1wiXiOvvNchHh5Jt7hI/Reliance-Jio-prevails-over-Airtel-as-Trai-cuts-IUC-to-6-pais.html

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Its good move. But then AVOId (Airtel/Vodafone/Idea) will oppose it. Really good move for the consumers.

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Very good move. Now we can expect Unlimited plans for Rs199 onwards from almost all operators. Now most of my staffs are in that plan with just 800 minutes of free calls, excluding free cug.

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AVOId (Airtel/Vodafone/Idea) are planning to move to the court as they are not happy with the decision. Read below :

http://m.economictimes.com/news/economy/policy/trai-cuts-interconnect-charges-to-6-paise-a-minute-from-oct-1-jio-gains-incumbents-lose/articleshow/60753011.cms

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They have already challenged the earlier reduction of IUC to 14p (from 20p), which is already pending in the court. But they are bound to lose the case.

 

AVoId guys are pure hypocrites. Airtel is giving Unlimited FREE calls on their LL connections where IUC was made zero for as little as Rs49 addon pack. Everyone knows that making a call from LandLine / WireLine to other network will cost more than wireless. So their crying for 30p is minimum expense for making a call on Wireless is A BIG FAT LIE. They have already recovered their 2G network expenses years ago and IUC reduction to ZERO was already a late decision by TRAI (according to Telecom Policy 2012).

 

Actually TRAI has done more good to AVoId than Jio by reducing IUC. IUC reduction just reduces the FREE calls expenses for JIO, who will be still paying 6p per min for every offnet call. But for AVoId, its a good opportunity to match the Jio's Rs149 plan, which is NOT at all possible with 14p IUC charges.

 

Let us all wait and see. I would love to see UL free calls on Rs199 by all players (mostly by BSNL and Airtel) in market after this IUC reduction.

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