Trai defers zero-IUC regime for a year, to take effect from Jan 1, 2021

New Delhi: The telecom regulator has deferred by a year implementation of the zero-interconnect usage charges (IUC) regime that was slated to kick in from January 2020, giving some relief to India’s older operators Vodafone Idea and Bharti Airtel who can now keep getting some revenue on this account.

“For wireless to wireless domestic calls, termination charge would continue to remain 6 paise only per minute upto December 31, 2020…from January 1, 2021, onwards the termination charge for wireless to wireless domestic calls shall be zero,” the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) said in a release Tuesday.

ET had first reported about the deferment on its online platforms earlier Tuesday.