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Mobile bills to go down as Trai cuts call termination charges to 6 p/min

For mobile to mobile, termination charge has been reduced from 14 paise per minute to 6 paise per minute

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IANS New Delhi

Last Updated : Sep 20 2017 | 1:18 PM IST

Indian telecom regulator TRAI on Tuesday came out with a regulation cutting call termination charges from mobile to mobile by over half to 6 paise per minute effective from October 1. The measure drew stiff opposition from a majority of telecom operators who plan to seek legal redressal.

The sector regulator also plans to phase out Interconnection Usage Charges (IUC) by January 1, 2020.

"For mobile to mobile, termination charge has been reduced from 14 paise per minute to 6 paise per minute with effect from October 1, 2017," the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) said in a statement.

"Such a revision

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