The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) may ask two leading private operators, Bharti Airtel and Tata Communications, to terminate their contracts with Singapore Telecommunications (SingTel), which was allegedly offering international long distance (ILD) services here without a licence.

SingTel, which has over 32 per cent stake in Bharti Airtel, may also attract a penalty for violating laws and offering services in India without a proper licence.

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The Indian operators, Bharti Airtel and VSNL, have entered into “illegal agreement” with SingTel by appointing them their agent to deal with Indian customers directly, including billing for the services provided, DoT said in an internal note. SingTel is the parent company of SingTel Global (India) Pvt Ltd, which has an ILD licence in India.

In their response to DoT, SingTel however, has said: “SingTel does not provide any telecom services in India nor has acted in India as an independent telecom service provider at any point of time. SingTel does not provide any ILD services to any customers in India.”

SingTel has tied up with Bharti and Tata Communications (previously VSNL), two licensed ILD operators, to offer services.

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