Trai rejects higher entry fee for Internet telephony

The Trai on Tuesday rejected the department of telecommunications suggestion of charging a higher entry fee for Internet telephony from Internet service providers.

Written by FE Bureau

April 1, 2009 00:31 IST

The Trai on Tuesday rejected the department of telecommunications (DoT) suggestion of charging a higher entry fee for Internet telephony from Internet service providers.

DoT had suggested that for a level-playing field, Internet service providers must pay more since the telecom licensees have to pay Rs 1,651 crore as licence fee for a pan India licence while ISPs dont pay any entry fee, paying only 6% of their adjusted gross revenue as licence fee.

In contrast, telecom licence holders pay a revenue share licence fee ranging between 6-10% of their AGR depending on circles.

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