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<ul><li>Reliance Jio is asking TRAI to either reduce or remove Interconnect Usage Charges (IUC). </li><li>TRAI had initially planned to remove IUC charges from January 1, 2020 under the Bill and Keep (BAK) regime. </li><li>Airtel and Vodafone Idea were against the move, citing huge costs involved in allowing incoming calls from the Jio network.</li></ul> Reliance Jio approached the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) to either reduce or remove Interconnect Usage Charges (IUC). Currently, IUC is charged at 6 paise per minute by the operator on whose network the calls terminate. In October, Reliance Jio announced that it will start charging 6 paise per minute for calls that are made to other networks. This change was made on packs which promised complete free calling earlier. Jio-to-Jio calls however continued to remain free. At the time, Jio noted that this charge would be levied until TRAI removes IUC charges. TRAI had initially planned to remove IUC charges from January 1, 2020 under the Bill and Keep (BAK) regime. However, incumbent operators Airtel and Vodafone Idea were against the move, citing huge costs involved in allowing incoming calls from the Jio network. Last week, TRAI held an open discussion on “Review of Interconnection Usage Charges”. Jio’s representative at the discussion held that since voice calling symmetry has been achieved between Jio and the incumbent operators, there was no need to levy IUC charges anymore. The company <a href="https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/jio-urges-trai-for-removal-or-reduction-of-iuc-charges-4645571.html">held</a> that the BAK regime should be implemented as planned from January 1, 2020. The implementation of this regime would bring down IUC charges to zero. Airtel and Vodafone Idea opposed this argument and demanded that IUC charges of 6 paise per minute should be levied for the next three years at least. Reliance Jio alleged that Airtel and Vodafone Idea were diverting their incoming voice call traffic to 2G or 3G networks to inflate their voice call costs. This could hold some merit as we’ve experienced that incoming voice calls on Airtel’s network are routed via 2G, which puts the Jio 4G network on pause temporarily even on a compatible dual 4G VoLTE smartphone. Airtel however denied these allegations. Vodafone Idea, on its part, did not expressly deny this and stated that subscribers were free to port out of their network. SEE ALSO <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/business/news/mukesh-ambanis-jio-faces-backlash-for-tariff-increase/articleshow/71573757.cms">Reliance Jio is paying the price for being the ‘second SIM’ of choice</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/business/news/reliance-jio-airtel-and-vodafone-idea-may-raise-tariff-soon/articleshow/71757089.cms">Whether you use Jio, Airtel, Vodafone-Idea, get ready to pay more for mobile services— sooner than later</a>

Reliance Jio asks TRAI to either reduce or remove IUC charges

<ul><li>Jio users will have to ₹10 to ₹100 for interconnect usage charge (<keyword id="643514" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="IUC">IUC</keyword>). </li><li>The minimum <keyword id="8199552" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="iuc-top-up-voucher">IUC top up voucher</keyword> is of ₹10 where the Jio user will get 124 minutes. </li><li>Jio users will be entitled to free data between 10GB and 100 GB along with the voice calling minutes. </li></ul><keyword id="6354504" type="DEFINITION" weightage="20" keywordseo="reliance-jio">Reliance Jio</keyword> user will now have to pay six paise per minute for a voice call made on other networks like Airtel, Vodafone Idea etc. Reliance Jio user will have to choose from the four different top-up packages ranging from ₹10 to ₹100 for interconnecting usage charge (IUC). However, Jio users will be entitled to free data between 10GB and 100 GB along with the voice calling minutes. The IUC charge will be imposed from 10 October, 2019. Here are the six IUC vouchers launched by Reliance Jio: <table style="border-width: initial; border-style: none; width: 468pt; table-layout: fixed;"></colgroup></colgroup><tbody><tr><td style="border-left:solid #000000 1pt;border-right:solid #000000 1pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 1pt;border-top:solid #000000 1pt;vertical-align:top;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">IUC Top-Up Recharge (₹) </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 1pt;border-right:solid #000000 1pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 1pt;border-top:solid #000000 1pt;vertical-align:top;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">IUC (Non-Jio minutes) </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 1pt;border-right:solid #000000 1pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 1pt;border-top:solid #000000 1pt;vertical-align:top;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">Free Data </td></tr><tr><td style="border-left:solid #000000 1pt;border-right:solid #000000 1pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 1pt;border-top:solid #000000 1pt;vertical-align:top;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">₹10 </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 1pt;border-right:solid #000000 1pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 1pt;border-top:solid #000000 1pt;vertical-align:top;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">124 </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 1pt;border-right:solid #000000 1pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 1pt;border-top:solid #000000 1pt;vertical-align:top;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">1 </td></tr><tr><td style="border-left:solid #000000 1pt;border-right:solid #000000 1pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 1pt;border-top:solid #000000 1pt;vertical-align:top;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">₹20 </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 1pt;border-right:solid #000000 1pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 1pt;border-top:solid #000000 1pt;vertical-align:top;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">249 </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 1pt;border-right:solid #000000 1pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 1pt;border-top:solid #000000 1pt;vertical-align:top;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">2 </td></tr><tr><td style="border-left:solid #000000 1pt;border-right:solid #000000 1pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 1pt;border-top:solid #000000 1pt;vertical-align:top;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">₹50 </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 1pt;border-right:solid #000000 1pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 1pt;border-top:solid #000000 1pt;vertical-align:top;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">656 </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 1pt;border-right:solid #000000 1pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 1pt;border-top:solid #000000 1pt;vertical-align:top;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">5 </td></tr><tr><td style="border-left:solid #000000 1pt;border-right:solid #000000 1pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 1pt;border-top:solid #000000 1pt;vertical-align:top;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">₹100 </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 1pt;border-right:solid #000000 1pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 1pt;border-top:solid #000000 1pt;vertical-align:top;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">1362 </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 1pt;border-right:solid #000000 1pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 1pt;border-top:solid #000000 1pt;vertical-align:top;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">10 </td></tr></tbody></table> These are no charges on the following services by Jio: (a) all Jio to Jio calls; (b) all incoming calls; (c) Jio to landline calls; (d) WhatsApp or FaceTime calls

Here are the new interconnect usage charge (IUC) for a Jio user

<ul><li>Last week, Jio increased its calling tariffs by 6 paise per minute. </li><li>India Ratings says that the industry’s average revenue per user (ARPU) will go up by 15-18% after Jio’s price hike. </li><li>Jio’s data tariffs are 25-30% cheaper than that of Airtel and Voda-Idea. </li><li>Jio is a net payer of IUC charges, whereas Voda-Idea and Airtel are net-receivers of IUC receipts--as calls originate from Jio and land on other networks. </li></ul> It had to happen one day. But Reliance Jio’s move to increase tariffs came sooner than expected. Even as Jio, Vodafone Idea and Airtel are teasing each other over it on social media, and thousands are trolling Mukesh Ambani for ‘breaking his free’ promise---it is good news for the industry. At least that is what India Ratings believes. Jio charging its customers 6 paise per minute on its ‘free’ calling package—can help increase the rising margins of the industry. The sector’s average revenue per user will go up by ₹9, and in general increase by 15-18% according to the rating agency. Like Jio says in its tweet, this amount will be going to Vodafone Idea and Airtel as Jio can no longer get away without paying telecom department’s mandatory inter-connection (IUC) charges. This is the charge paid to a network which is receiving calls, by the network from where a call originates. In an ideal situation, the amount all networks pay each other should balance out—considering their subscriber number is around the same. However, that is not to be. Jio has the most to lose. The offnet minutes of usage is 64% for Jio, while it is at 41% for Voda-Idea and 45% for Airtel. “Also, of the total offnet voice traffic, net incoming minutes as a proportion of total offnet minutes stands at negative 29% for R-Jio whereas the same is 9% and 19% for Airtel and Voda-Idea respectively, implying that network voice traffic imbalance is significantly higher for R-Jio compared with peers. Hence, R-Jio remains a net-payer of IUC expenses, whereas Voda-Idea and Airtel are net-receivers of IUC receipts,” says India Ratings. Basically, calls originate from Jio and land on other networks. Jio users continue to keep other network SIMs It means that more people are using Jio SIMs for its cheap data plans, and also for making the ‘free’ calls it offers. It makes sense as Jio’s data tariffs are 25-30% cheaper than that of Airtel and Voda-Idea. Yet, users have not given up their basic SIMs which belonged to other networks, and continue to exist. These numbers are ‘primary’ phone numbers which are key to their bank accounts and other necessary identifications. And, few seem to believe that cheap tariff party will not continue to exist. All mixed with the ease of owning multiple SIMs have played against Jio. Had subscribers chosen to keep only Jio connections and get rid of others, they would have ported to it. Looks like not many have done that.

Reliance Jio is paying the price for being the ‘second SIM’ of choice

The much awaited <keyword id="8316331" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="jio-fibernet">Jio Fibernet</keyword> plan is finally launched sometime back and fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) is now available to one and all. The rental charges for Jio <keyword id="4272393" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Fibernet">Fibernet</keyword> plan is Rs 699 and it goes up to Rs 8499. The lowest tariff provides access to 100 MBPS. Most of the Jio plans provide access to all the Jio services. How to get Jio Fibernet service To get Jio Fibernet service, you just have to visit the Jio official website to register your name. Once you submit your details including address, and mobile number, you will get an OTP for registration. A Jio executive will visit you and verify all the information provided. Once the availability of the plan in your region is ascertained, you will get a free set top box for the cable service. You will also get access to gaming, video calling, virtual reality and mixed reality services. The services you can enjoy With Jio Fibernet, you can enjoy a range of services including Jio Fibernet cable TV, Free High definition TV, and free voice calls. As a Jio Fibernet customer, you will gain automatic access to Jio apps like Jio TV and Jio Cinema. Very soon, the Jio Fibernet customers can also enjoy a highly interesting service namely "First Day First Show" which will bring you the movies that are pending to be launched. What are the installation charges? The installation of Jio Fibernet is done free of cost. The company charges Rs 2,500 for the Internet Router.

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New Delhi, Nov 15 () Reliance Jio on Friday said that delaying the implementation of zero call connect charges beyond January 2020 will hurt affordability of telecom services in a sector where users have benefited from free voice calls.
 Reliance Jio Director Mahendra Nahata said that the ratio of incoming and outgoing call is now at par with each other and traffic asymmetry can, therefore, no longer be the reason to delay implementation of Bill and Keep (BAK) regime (that is zero mobile termination charge from January 1, 2020).
 Traffic symmetry indicates that telecom operator will not have any outstanding balance of interconnect usage charges (IUC) against other networks.
 Speaking at Telecom Regulatory Authority of India's (Trai) open house on IUC issue, Nahata said Airtel had expanded 4G network and Vodafone Idea too is talking about expanding their 4G network.
 "We are not considering any profit or loss, but opposing it on the basis of principle. Criticising the decision of government or regulatory authorities from a distant location is beyond our understanding. Therefore, please take a decision after due diligence on all the points that we have raised," he said.
 Nahata questioned data being shown by telecom operators and alleged that the subscriber traffic is being diverted to 2G, 3G network to show cost of voice is high.
 Nahata said that in case Trai does not favour implementation of BAK regime from January 2020 then at least interconnect usage charges currently at 6 paise should be brought down.
 "When you had implemented 6 paise charge, 4G traffic was one per cent. Today that traffic is much higher so the costs must have come down," he said.
 A Vodafone Idea official said that consumers today have the option of moving to other networks through mobile number portability (MNP).
 "Today customers have option of MNP and they can move to other network. It is wrong to say that any operator is holding back customers on 2G network," the official said, demanding that the mobile call termination charges should continue.
 Airtel said that IUC should not come down to zero and the BAK regime should be postponed by at least three years.
 Meanwhile, Bharti Airtel's Chief Regulatory Officer Ravi Gandhi rejected allegations of data fudging terming them as "misplaced" and said that people at times used the company's SIM into second slot of mobile phone which generally supports 2G or 3G network.
 He said there are 40 crore consumers are on 2G network and they use low-cost feature phones. Shutting down 2G network will mean depriving such consumers of telecom services. PRS MBI MSS ANS
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Delay in implementation of zero call connect charges to hurt service affordability: Jio

<ul><li>Jio has now launched a new all-in-one pack for ₹222.</li><li>This comes right after Jio’s much talked move to charge its users 6 paise per minute for calls. </li><li>Jio still faces big competition from India’s largest telecom provider Vodafone Idea.</li></ul>Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Jio has made multiple changes over the past few days for its users. Jio has now launched a new all-in-one pack for ₹222, which will give users 1,000 minutes free talk time for calls made to any other non-Jio number. It has also introduced a few other packs for ₹333 and ₹444, which also offer up to 3,000 minutes free talk-time to other numbers while Jio to Jio calls remain free with all the all-in-one packs. This move comes right after Jio <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/business/news/reliance-jio-withdraws-two-cheap-recharge-packs/articleshow/71681410.cms">withdrew its cheapest packs</a> worth ₹19 and ₹52 and Jio’s much talked move to charge its users 6 paise per minute for calls. Jio’s cheapest pack now comes at ₹98. This is the first time that the Mukesh Ambani-led telecom network is moving away from cheap mobile tariff plans which has been its USP, since launch in 2016. Jio vs Vodafone Jio still faces big competition from India’s largest telecom provider Vodafone Idea. Jio has 348.2 million subscribers and Vodafone Idea has 375 million subscribers according to latest data from Telecom Regulatory of India. Vodafone Idea still offers multiple unlimited calls packs which start for as low as ₹119 for 28 days. However, Jio’s new pack offers 2GB data per day, while most of Vodafone’s packs (which are cheaper than Jio) continue to give its users 1 GB data per day. Jio vs Airtel Jio overtook Airtel to be India’s second largest telecom provider. However, Airtel still continues to hold a massive user base of 327.9 million. Airtel offers packs for ₹178, ₹248, ₹495 and ₹595 which give its new customers unlimited calls along with data each day. See Also: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/business/news/reliance-jio-withdraws-two-cheap-recharge-packs/articleshow/71681410.cms">Reliance Jio is now trading up as it drops its cheapest prepaid packs</a>

Jio’s new all-in-one pack gives it an edge over Vodafone and Airtel, but only for data

<ul><li>Jio’s new tariffs have users in a tussle about having to top-up in order to make calls to other numbers. </li><li>Even though Jio has introduced new ‘all-in-one’ data plans, they do not include unlimited calling minutes — only limited IUC minutes at a discounted price. </li><li>Long term plans, exceeding ₹999, aren’t privy to unlimited calling either. </li></ul>Last month, Jio hiked its tariffs. But that’s not the only issue its users are facing. The plans, which were fairly simple earlier, are being perceived as complicated. The data recharge plans normally included unlimited local calling. But now users need to use top-up vouchers to cover the ‘<a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/business/corporates/news/reliance-jio-aks-trai-to-either-reduce-or-remove-iuc-charges/articleshow/72107616.cms">interconnect usage charge</a>’ (IUC) — or calls to other networks. And, even then, the minutes are limited. The recent changes have left users confused and frustrated unaware that even Jio’s new ‘all-in-one’ plans don’t necessarily include unlimited calling — just unlimited calling to other Jio numbers. <div type="twitter" handle="the_thok" handlename="Zeus_Of_Options" image="http://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1194334389406179329/qHWV2Gkj_normal.jpg" favoritecount="0" retweetcount="0" status="@reliancejio for what am I being charged for IUC when I don’t want to, why am I being forced to buy this IUC which… https://t.co/XHga88oaFh" createdat="1574708868000" id="1199042015729717254"></div>

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 How are traditional data plans different? Traditional daily data plans that sell for ₹449 for 91 days, ₹399 for 84 days and ₹349 for 70 days don’t come bundled with any minutes whatsoever. All Jio-to-Jio calls will be free but you’ll need additional balance in order to make calls to under networks. These calls will be charged at 6paise/minute. <div type="twitter" handle="MemesChennai" handlename="Chennai Memes" image="http://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/832475932451491842/kRbBu-BR_normal.jpg" favoritecount="38" retweetcount="3" status="Life of #JIO users these days : First recharge monthly to get incoming calls and again recharge balance to make ou… https://t.co/RfS3lvxIoj" createdat="1574684739000" id="1198940810768568320"></div>

 How can I get free calling to other networks with data? In case, you don’t want to recharge with balance, Jio does give users to option to top-up their plans with <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/business/corporates/news/interconnect-usage-charge-iuc-top-up-voucher-detail-for-reliance-jio-customer/articleshow/71516405.cms">IUC vouchers</a> — ₹10 gets you 124 IUC minutes, while ₹100 can provide 1362 IUC minutes. The IUC voucher, however, has to be applied alongside the data recharge. It is not a standalone option that can be added later. Even the long-term plans for ₹999, ₹1999, ₹4999 and ₹9999 don’t have free calling to other networks and need to be supplemented with IUC vouchers. What do Jio’s new ‘all-in-one’ plans include? Jio’s ‘all-in-one’ plans don’t actually include everything but are more budget-friendly for people who need to make calls to outside networks. The cheapest plan at ₹149 includes 300 minutes of IUC calls and 1.5GB of daily data for 24 days. Once the IUC minutes run out, you will be charged for calls at 6 paise/minute. Subsequent plans of ₹222, ₹333, and ₹444 — lasting 28, 56, and 84 days respectively — all come with 2GB daily data and 1000 IUC minutes. How can I protect myself against future price hikes? Jio and other telecom companies in the market are expected to increase tariffs again after December 1. But Jio — and Airtel — are now allowing users to queue up their data recharges at the current price to activate in the future. If you’re a Jio subscriber, all you have to do is go into the MyJio app and recharge with any of the plans that you wish to activate at a later date. After you’ve made the payment, the plan will automatically show up under the ‘My Plans’ section of the app. Once your current plan expires, you’ll have to manually implement it by selecting the ‘activate’ option. <div type="twitter" handle="vinay_vania" handlename="Vinay Vania" image="http://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1054977444485173249/WflE4bDz_normal.jpg" favoritecount="0" retweetcount="0" status="@JioCare @reliancejio Pathetic policies of Jio doesn't allow me to make calls even though I hv just done a top-up r… https://t.co/I0TLrfigzJ" createdat="1574754335000" id="1199232717117767680"></div>

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Jio’s new recharge plans can be confusing — here’s how to figure them out

India’s <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=trai&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">Telecom Regulatory Authority of India</a> (<keyword id="6356988" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="TRAI">TRAI</keyword>) is going to reiterate its stance that <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=reliance+jio&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">Reliance Jio</a> did not violate any norms and likely to reject claims by <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=airtel&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">Bharti Airtel</a>, <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=vodafone&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">Vodafone India</a> and <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=idea&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">Idea Cellular</a> that calls can't be priced at less than 14 paise per minute. 
 
The TRAI will keep its stance forward at the Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT), saying the interconnect usage charge of 14 paise a minute can't be taken as the retail floor price. 
 
TRAI will take note of offers rolled out by the top three telecom operators, noting even they have offers below 14 paise. 
 
"Free night calling and bundled packs offering unlimited calls are all examples of incumbent telcos doing the same,” an official in the know-how told ET. 
 The three telcos have contested TRAI’s decision to allow <keyword id="6354504" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Reliance-Jio">Reliance Jio</keyword> to provide free voice calls and data services under two back-to-back promotional offers. 
 Meanwhile, the TRAI lowered the termination charge to 14 paise a minute from 20 paise in 2015, a move that's been challenged in court by <keyword id="15491" type="COMPANY" weightage="100" keywordseo="Airtel">Airtel</keyword>, <keyword id="15492" type="CITY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Vodafone">Vodafone</keyword> and Idea, the top three GSM carriers. In a discussion paper on interconnect usage charges issued in October, the watchdog suggested lowering or even scrapping the call termination charge, a proposal that operators decried, accusing it of bias. 
 The telcos have also complained to the Competition Commission of India, the anti-monopoly watchdog, accusing <keyword id="2003276" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="Jio">Jio</keyword> of predatory pricing. Jio has denied the charges.

Airtel, Vodafone India and Idea’s plea against Reliance Jio is going to fall flat. Here’s why

India’s top telcos are demanding a cut in licence fee, spectrum usage charge (SUC) and Universal Service Obligation Fund levy so that they can come out of the financial stress that they are in. However, regarding the issue of interconnect charges (IUC), Indian telecom companies have come to a standstill with little chances of a consensus. While incumbent telcos like <keyword id="6354287" type="CITY" weightage="100" keywordseo="Bharti-Airtel">Bharti Airtel</keyword>, Vodafone India and <keyword id="6354924" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Idea-Cellular">Idea Cellular</keyword> have demanded that IUC be raised, debutant <keyword id="1543410" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Reliance-Jio-Infocomm">Reliance Jio Infocomm</keyword> has asked for it to be scrapped. The IUC is a fee that one telco has to pay to the other telco on whose network a call terminates. Presently, it stands at 14 paise per minute, considered to be around half of an incumbent carrier's cost per call. The reason why <keyword id="2003276" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Jio">Jio</keyword> wants it scrapped is that it relies on free offers to earn the loyalty of customers ever since it was launched in September last year, and believes that IUC is a subsidy provided to incumbent carriers. If IUC is abolished, Jio would be befitted by reduction in its IUC payout, as it clearly has more outgoing calls to <keyword id="15491" type="COMPANY" weightage="100" keywordseo="Airtel">Airtel</keyword>, Vodafone India and Idea. None of the telcos wish to change their stand regarding the issue, since incumbent telcos have also urged <keyword id="6356988" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="TRAI">TRAI</keyword> to create a floor price for voice and data services, which Jio has opposed saying that it won’t ever charge for voice services for life. If there is a floor price, Jio would have to end its free services, leading to a probability of customers moving back to their original carriers, which Jio wishes to avoid.

IUC becomes bone of contention between incumbent telcos and Jio

A bunch of confusions over <keyword id="6356988" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="TRAI">Trai</keyword>’s orders, people willing to subscribe to <keyword id="6354504" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Reliance-Jio">Reliance Jio</keyword> aren’t quite sure whether to go for it or not. Clearing all doubts, a senior official has confirmed that Reliance <keyword id="2003276" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="Jio">Jio</keyword> wouldn’t charge on voice calls for its own network. Speaking to <keyword id="6405564" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="The-Times-Of-India">The Times of India</keyword>, the officer said, “The company has reconfirmed that it will never charge for a voice call on its network. The free-calling offer is clearly mentioned in all the 10 pre-paid and seven post-paid tariff plans Jio has filed with the telecom regulator Trai. Since zero-tariff on voice is not part of any promotional package, it won't be affected by change or withdrawal of such packages.” 
 
As per Trai regulations, a promotional plan cannot be extended beyond 90 days. Jio’s promotional plan ends on 3 December. 
As per the rule all operators need to submit a base tariff plan with the regulator. However, companies also offer several other pre-paid and post-paid packages, which are also submitted with the regulator. Jio has filed several plans with Trai where it has made all voice calls (local and STD) free at home and national roaming. 
 
While Trai’s mandate is to end free data by 3 December, Jio official assured that the free data would be available till December 31, as promised earlier.

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With appraisal arrears due and inflation in everyday stuff going up, you have one relief. At least your mobile bills are all set to go south. If you are the one who travels a lot and spends a lot on <keyword id="74066" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="Roaming-charges">roaming charges</keyword>, you are the biggest beneficiary of the new scheme. Most telcos have given up on <keyword id="6515745" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="roaming">roaming</keyword> charges from this month onwards. While <keyword id="15492" type="CITY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Vodafone">Vodafone</keyword> had already scrapped roaming charges last year itself, Airtel has done the same this month. Also Airtel has scrapped off the premium outgoing charges for roaming networks, which means you can now call and receive just like at your home even when you travel. <keyword id="6354287" type="CITY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Bharti-Airtel">Bharti Airtel</keyword>, Vodafone India, <keyword id="6354924" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Idea-Cellular">Idea Cellular</keyword> and <keyword id="6360249" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Aircel">Aircel</keyword> were bound to take this step to compete with Reliance <keyword id="2003276" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="Jio">Jio</keyword>’s killer schemes that are wooing consumers like anything. After Jio has entered the telecom market in India, it has experienced tremendous whirlpool as the aggressive schemes of the former have sucked in a lot of client base from the established networks. Market experts Business Insider spoke to also believe severe network issues and call drops are highly responsible for the shift from established ones to new comer Jio. “When people realized that the network isn’t much trustworthy, why would they pay so much! Also many people are using Skypes and Whatsapp while travelling. This kind of extra charges don’t make much sense.” an expert told Business Insider. Jio’s several schemes also include free calls for lifetime even in roaming networks.

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New Delhi, Nov 18 () The telecom regulator expects to finalise its views on the contentious call connect charges issue by the end of this month, a top TRAI official said on Monday.
Last week, TRAI conducted an open house discussion with industry representatives and other stakeholders on whether there is a need to postpone the applicable date for scrapping the call connect charges also called Interconnection Usage Charges (IUC) beyond January 1, 2020.
A senior TRAI official, who did not wish to be named, said the regulator is hopeful of firming up its views by November-end but did not divulge further details. The official was speaking on the sidelines of ASEAN-TRAI program on capacity building and sharing of best practices in policy regulation and development.
 Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Jio had earlier claimed that any change in implementation of original timeline of January 1 will end the free voice regime and is likely to increase tariffs which is against consumer interest.
Typically, a telecom operator pays for completing calls made by its subscribers to a rival network. This is done by paying the rival network an IUC, which currently is 6 paise per minute. 
 Trai's move to reopen the deadline for ending IUC beyond January 2020 had forced Jio to levy a 6 paise per minute charge on its users recently, effectively ending its free call regime.
During the recent open house - a forum offered by TRAI to listen to verbal response from the industry post a round of written submissions on an issue up for consultation - Reliance Jio had said that delaying the implementation of zero call connect charges beyond January 2020 will hurt affordability of telecom services in a sector where users have benefited from free voice calls.
 Reliance Jio Director Mahendra Nahata said the ratio of incoming and outgoing call is now at par with each other and traffic asymmetry can, therefore, no longer be the reason to delay implementation of Bill and Keep (BAK) regime (that is zero mobile termination charge from January 1, 2020).
Arguing for continuation of these charges, Airtel had said IUC should not come down to zero and the BAK regime should be postponed by at least three years. MBI ANU

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<a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=Reliance+Jio+Infocomm+&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">Reliance Jio Infocomm </a>has been accused of many things since the telecom newcomer offered a bag full of deals and the competitors were threatened by it but this time <keyword id="6354504" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Reliance-Jio">Reliance Jio</keyword> has asked telecom regulator <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=TRAI&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">TRAI</a> to "impose highest penalty" on <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=Airtel&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">Airtel</a>, as according to Reliance <keyword id="2003276" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="Jio">Jio</keyword>, <keyword id="15491" type="COMPANY" weightage="100" keywordseo="Airtel">Airtel</keyword> grossly exaggerated the value of data in a promotional offer, and gave misleading tariff ads. 
 
In a letter, Jio has alleged Airtel that in so far as the advertisements issued by Airtel for pre-paid and post-paid tariff packs are concerned, the unlimited calls and free data being offered by Airtel is in "gross violation of extant telecommunication laws". 
 
Things just didn’t end here, Jio has further charged Airtel of misrepresenting the benefits as free unlimited calls without indicating the applicability of Fair Usage Policy (FUP). It says that the free calls under Airtel's Special Tariff Voucher 345 were not really unlimited as Airtel has implemented a FUP of 300 minutes/day or 1,200 minutes/week, post which all calls are chargeable. 
 
"Therefore, these prepaid packs do not provide unlimited free calling to customers. This fact is not discernable from the advertisements of Airtel and neither does Airtel specify in the advertisements that such limitations apply or are conceived as part of the terms and conditions," Jio claimed. 
 The company also claimed that FUP related information is provided only by call centre executives of Airtel and that too when the issue is specifically highlighted to them. According to Jio, this was violative and inconsistent with <keyword id="6356988" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="TRAI">TRAI</keyword>'s instructions dated September 10, 2010. 
 
On Airtel's advertisement of 'Free data for 12 months, worth Rs 9,000' on the prepaid STV of Rs 345, Jio alleged that the data benefits were available only on paying Rs 345 and therefore, could not be termed free. 
 
"Further, post expiry of the data benefits in the pack, the subscriber is charged at pay-as-you-go rates, therefore, the free data claims are grossly misleading," it said.

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