In a major blow to Tata Tele-Services, telecom board TDSAT on Friday said the companys fixed wireless service, Walky, was similar to a mobile service - a classification which would force the company to pay about Rs 300 crore as access deficit charge (ADC) to BSNL.
Officials of BSNL, a telecom PSU, said that as per the current traffic patterns, it expected that the total outstanding ADC from TTSL and other service providers (positioned as fixed wireless service providers, but offering WLL [M] phones) would be about Rs 450 crore from such services. MTNL also owes RS 40 crore for offering its Garuda fixed wireless phones, which fall under the same category.
As per licensing conditions, fixed wireless service has to be provided within the subscriber premises, wherever it is not, it has to be treated as a WLL (M). it is declared that the directive would increase call rates on such phones from Rs 1.20 per three minutes to Rs 2.10.
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| Posted : 9/10/2005 |
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