India's telecommunications regulator says it has reduced the fee paid by all telecommunications users to fund rural network expansion by state-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL).
"The main thrust of this regulation is to give further relief to domestic consumers," the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India said in a statement.
"The access deficit charge on outgoing international calls has been reduced by more than 65 percent to 0.80 rupees per minute," the statement went on to say.
India already has some of the lowest call rates in the world. However, charges for international calls and domestic long-distance calls are higher as they are used to subsidise BSNL's government-mandated rural expansion.
Source: Reuters - WDR/Intelecon Regulatory News |