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To: foundation who wrote (31398)	1/19/2003 3:55:13 PM
From: foundation	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 196584

Reliance, Bharti hammer out interconnect deal MANOJ GAIROLA TIMES NEWS NETWORK [ MONDAY, JANUARY 20, 2003 01:56:54 AM ] NEW DELHI: Reliance Infocomm has skirted Trai territory by building its own bridge into the domain of private cell operators. It has fashioned an interconnect MoU with large cell companies, passing up for now State-owned BSNL & MTNL, the main carriers of calls emanating from fixed-line and WLL networks. Private basic and cell companies hope this private link will mount enough pressure on the regulator and the government to find a way through the logjam that put cells on the blink in the past two days. Under the proto-MoU, an interim affair till it gets Trai approval, both cellular and fixed-line operator Reliance will pay each other termination charges at the rate of 38 paise a minute, an added cost to the consumer. In the main, Bharti and Reliance Infocomm have scripted this MoU but other cell companies are expected to follow suit. Tata Tele & HFCL are a bit chary about inking agreements but will go ahead with the proposal. At present, under the Trai-approved tariff regime, cellular operators are paid nothing for terminating—jargon for putting through—calls from fixed-liners. However, when a call from a cellular phone is terminated in a fixed line, the cellular operator collects two charges from the caller — the airtime charge that the cellco retains and an access charge of Rs 1.20 that is passed on to the fixed-liner in favour of terminating the call in its network. Under the new MoU, for a call from a cell phone to a Reliance fixed line/WLL-mobile phone, the cellular operator in whose network the call originates will collect from its subscriber the airtime charge as at present and an access charge of Re 0.38 per minute. The cellco will then pass on the access charge to Reliance. If the cellphone call is less than two minutes, the total cost of this call will be lower than the cost of such a call at present from a cell phone to a fixed line phone of BSNL / MTNL. When a call is put through from a Reliance phone and terminated in a cellular network, Reliance will charge its customer its own charge of Re 0.40 a minute plus an access charge of Re 0.38 a minute. The access charge collected will be passed on to the cellular network in which the call was terminated. In this regime, fixed line subscribers will pay for access to a cellular network, which does not happen under the interconnect agreement now in force between the cellular and state owned basic operators. economictimes.indiatimes.com

To: foundation who wrote (31398)	1/22/2003 8:27:41 AM
From: quartersawyer	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 196584

TTSL Launches New Offer on CDMA Mobile [ed: Plan A looks like $54 up front; $10/mo for 570 minutes.] Cyber News Service Wednesday, January 22, 2003 Tata Teleservices Ltd (TTSL) has announced a new, aggressive offer for CDMA Mobile Service under its brand TATA INDICOM. Under this offer, customers can get a CDMA Mobile connection including the handset at an initial cost of only Rs 2,600. TATA INDICOM has now under its fold over 4,65,000 [465,000] satisfied customers spread across six circles of the country. The offer makes available CDMA handsets, provided through TTSL's vendors, at very affordable costs thus eliminating the single biggest limiting factor in the growth of CDMA Mobile service. Further, customers going mobile today by availing this offer can look forward to a host of other attractive schemes shortly. The offer is being launched simultaneously in all the five circles where TTSL is offering the CDMA Mobile service: Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Gujarat and Delhi. The offer has two options for the customer to choose from, depending on one's requirement. TATA Indicom 2000: Under this plan, customers can go mobile by paying only Rs 2,600. This includes a non-refundable deposit of Rs 2,075 and an activation fee of Rs 525. The monthly rental under this offer is Rs 450. Customers need to pay Rs 150 per month towards handset recovery charges over 24 months. Customers can avail 190 free local calling units (equivalent to 570 minutes of free calls). Moreover, in this offer, charges for outgoing calls (i.e. after using up 190 free calls) are lower at Rs 1.10 per three-minute call. TATA Indicom 3000: Under this offer, customers can go mobile by paying only Rs 3,600. This includes a non-refundable deposit of Rs 3,075 and an activation fee of Rs 525. The monthly rental is Rs 599 and customers need to pay Rs 250 per month towards handset recovery charges over 10 months. Under this offer, customers can avail 400 free local calling units (equivalent to 1,200 minutes of free calls). Moreover, in this offer, charges for outgoing calls (i.e. after exhausting 400 free calls) are at Re one per three-minute call. (CNS) voicendata.com