Trai Keeps 6 Paise IUC Regime for Another Year: What Does it Mean for Reliance Jio Subscribers

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) is retaining the six paise per minute Interconnect Usage Charges (IUC) for another year. To recall, Trai was supposed to implement zero-IUC regime on January 1, 2020, according to its announcement made back in 2017. However, incumbents Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea had approached Trai to postpone the zero-IUC regime by at least three years. Zero-IUC regime would benefit Reliance Jio the most as it has VoLTE technology across the country for voice calling; Whereas Airtel and Vodafone Idea are still GSM operators, so they claim the voice calls from Reliance Jio still incur charges. Trai expected that every telecom operator would roll out VoLTE by 2020 so that the voice calls will be routed through the internet (Voice over LTE). Apparently, that did not happen, which made Trai retain the six paise IUC regime for another year. What does the current IUC regime retention for Reliance Jio mean? Let’s find out.

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Jio Customers Will Be Charged 6 Paise per Minute for Another Year

Reliance Jio made a major announcement in October 2019, saying the outgoing voice calls to other networks like Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Idea, BSNL and MTNL will be charged at six paise per minute. So even the company’s unlimited plans will not offer free voice calling to other networks. This move from the company disappointed a lot of users, but ultimately, it defended the move saying the rival operators are charging six paise per minute from it which is the reason behind the implementation of new charges.