New Delhi, Jan 1. (PTI): Telecom regulator TRAI's move to fix a new ceiling on roaming tariffs is being unilaterally opposed by State-run BSNL as well as private GSM and CDMA operators, as they want market forces to determine the rates.
Roaming tariff should be under forbearance and market forces should determine the tariff, officials of BSNL, GSM industry body COAI and CDMA operators association AUSPI said ahead of TRAI's open house tomorrow to review roaming rates.
In fact, there should not be any ceiling on incoming or outgoing national calls. There is forbearance in mobile tariff as there is enough competition in the mobile service segment, the same should be applied to roaming services as well, a BSNL official said.
While BSNL's is buttressing its argument, saying that roaming service is in itself not a 'market', but is a mere mechanism to connect a customer who is out of the home network, the CDMA and GSM operators hold the view that TRAI's interference on micro-management of tariffs is unnecessary on this front.
Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) said the tariff offered under different packages for different services like rental, local call charges, NLD, roaming and SMS charges are decided based on the overall ARPU (average revenue per user) under each tariff package.
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