New Delhi: Telecom operators have submitted submitted call traffic data to telecom regulator Trai to enable the regulator to look at the pattern, including asymmetric traffic on networks, as part of its consultation on inter-connection usage charges.
“The data pertaining to incoming and outgoing minutes have been submitted by the operators — Bharti Airtel, Vodafone, Reliance Jio, BSNL and MTNL... The data will enable Trai to examine asymmetry of traffic in the context of the IUC consultation paper that has been floated recently,” said official sources.
The operators, who had earlier not submitted these details even after a reminder, were given time till September 16 to submit the same.
Last month, Trai had issued a discussion paper to review inter-connection usage charges (IUC) following a complaint by the Cellular Operators Association of India against a BSNL service that allowed its subscribers to make calls on mobile and landline through a mobile app. COAI had alleged that the offer was in violation of licensing norms as well as inter-connection pacts.
Meanwhile, leading telecom operators have deposited Rs 14,653 crore as earnest money for the country’s largest ever spectrum auction from October 1, with Reliance Jio alone submitting Rs 6,500 crore.
As per the information released by the Department of Telecom on Monday, with Rs 6,500, the Mukesh Ambani-led firm is eligible for placing bids in any of the 22 telecom circles in the country and in any spectrum band.
