THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
(SHRI JYOTIRADITYA M. SCINDIA)
(a) to (c) No Sir. At present there is no proposal to establish telephonic communication from
one part of the country to the other by local call.
(d) & (e) Tariffs for telecom services in the country are governed by the frame work laid down
in the Telecommunication Tariff Order, 1999 as amended from time to time. As per the existing
provisions of TTO, tariff for telecom services are under forberance except with regard to Fixed
Line service in Rural Areas, National Roaming Service in Cellular Mobile Service and Leased Line
Service.
The ISD call rates from India to Middle East countries is either at par with/or on lesser side
as compared to any country in the world except USA, Canada, UK Srilanka, Singapore, Hongkong,
Thialand, Malasia and Indonesia.
The trends and recent changes in ILD call charges as provided by Telecom Regulatory Authority of
India (TRAI) is at Annexure-I. The ISD charges in respect of BSNL and MTNL are given at
Annexure-II & III.
(f) At present there is no proposal in BSNL and MTNL to reduce the ISD call rates from India
to Middle East countries.
(g) Does not arise in view of (f) above.
(h) Tariffs are being reviewed from time to time on the basis of needs of the customers,
prevailing market conditions, termination/carriage charges payable for carrying the international
call to different foreign destinations and TRAI regulations.
Under certain plans customer can make ISD calls at very competitive rates.
