Trai seeks views on deferring zero-IUC regime

KOLKATA: The telecom regulator has issued a discussion paper on deferring the implementation of the zero-interconnect usage charges (IUC) regime that was slated to kick in from January 2020, saying that consumers are yet to migrate completely to data calls and that the imbalance in voice traffic between operators still exists.

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai), in the paper issued on Wednesday, sought stakeholder views on the need to “revise the applicable January 2020 date for implementing the BAK (bill and keep) or zero-termination charge regime,” and parameters that need to be adopted to set an alternative date.