Telecom Firms To Meet Pm

Operators to seek rollback of interconnect charges

The telecommunications industry is planning to meet Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee seeking a rollback of the interconnect charges announced by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) in January.

The interconnect norms have jacked up fixed-line to cell tariffs by almost 200 per cent and reduced the number of free calls available to a fixed-line user.

Industry sources said key operators had already met officials in the Prime Minister