Calls From Abroad To Attract Rs 3.25/min Adc

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NEW DELHI: Telecom regulator Trai on Monday said all calls from national roaming subscribers will be treated as STD calls while that of global roaming users will be accounted as incoming international calls for Access Deficit Charge calculation purpose.

All calls from the National Roaming subscribers shall be treated as Long Distance calls and all calls from International Roaming subscribers shall be treated as incoming international call for ADC purposes.

As such for all calls from National roaming subscribers while in different Service Area, ADC charge as applicable for National Long Distance calls shall be applicable at the rate of Rs 0.30 per minute.

International Roaming Subscriber while making any call while in India, an ADC of Rs 3.25 per minute shall be applicable. For all calls from Roaming subscriber, the access deficit amount is to be collected by the visited network operator and paid to BSNL Defining the national and international roaming calls for the clarity in calculating the access deficit charge, TRAI said "It is national roaming when visited network and the home network of the subscriber are in the same country and it is international roaming when visited network and home network of the subscriber are in different countries, subsequent to this definition, applicability of ADC on calls originated from national and international subscribers will be accordingly.

With this TRAI has further amended the Telecommunication Interconnection Usage Charges Regulation, 2003(4 of 2003).

Roaming means the ability for a cellular subscriber to automatically make and receive voice calls, data and to access other services while traveling outside the geographical coverage area of the home network, by using the visited network.