Why int'l calls from India cost a bomb despite lowest termination charges

Domestic customers pay up to eight times as much for making calls abroad that what overseas callers to India pay

Here is the reality. India has one of the lowest termination charges for international calls at 53 paisa a minute.  But when customers from India want to call abroad they have to pay a hefty termination charge which at an average is seven to eight times (Rs 3.50 to Rs 4 a minute) more than what callers from abroad pay for calls to India. 

That is why calling abroad is so expensive from India. So domestic customers pay an average of Rs 7.70 per minute in West Asia, Rs 2.48 a minute in Europe and Rs 1.01 a minute in the