THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI MILIND DEORA)
(a) Yes, Madam.
(b) Telecom Regulatory Authority of India(TRAI) has specified ceiling tariff for national roaming services vide
Telecommunication Tariff Order 44th Amendment, details of which are as follows:
Outgoing Local Call - Rs.1.40 per minute
Outgoing STD - Rs.2.40 per minute
Incoming call - Rs.1.75 per minute
Monthly Access - NIL
Charge for Roaming
(c) to (e) One case has been reported in Telecom Enforcement, Resource and Monitoring (TERM) Cell Chhattisgarh in 2007
wherein spillage of mobile signal from other telecom circles has resulted in roaming charges on subscribers. The case was
taken up with the concerned service provider and the signal got confined within the boundary of License Service Area(LSA). Also, some incidences were noticed in the border areas of some of the service areas by Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited
(BSNL). BSNL has taken following steps to prevent such incidences:-
1. Base transceiver station (BTS) radiation strengths have been increased in home circle border areas so that signal
of home circle only is received.
2. Timing advance techniques are being used at such places for restricting the signals of adjacent service areas to
its boundary only.
