Delhi HC rejects Vodafone's petition on interconnection usage charge

Vodafone moved the HC earlier in the year against consultation papers on IUCs floated by TRAI

The Delhi High Court on Monday dismissed a petition filed by Vodafone against the consultation process adopted by Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) for fixing interconnection usage charges (IUCs) between cellular and fixed line operators.

IUCs are charges paid by operators of telecommunication services on whom the call originates to operators on whose end the call terminates. The charges are currently determined according to the Telecom Interconnection Usage Charges (Twelfth Amendment) Regulations 2015. The regulations fix a charge of 14 paise for mobile-to-mobile connections and zero paise for all other calls.

Vodafone had moved the high court earlier in