Trai's plan to extend IUC regime will disincentivise 4G upgrade, says Jio

Telco also contests incumbents' claim that move will help them financially

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India’s (Trai’s) plan to extend the interconnect user charge (IUC) regime beyond December will disincentivise the use of 4G technology and keep voice tariffs for over 73 per cent of the incumbent operators’ customer base high, depriving them of the benefit of free calls. It will also earn incumbents lower revenues from Reliance Jio for terminating their calls and, hence, not help them financially, contrary to what they argued. 

According to sources close to Jio, the company is expected to elaborate these points as part of its response to the telecom regulator’s discussion paper