DoT refers net telephony issue back to Trai; No hope for STD calls at 10 p in near future

NEW DELHI: The hope of calls as cheap as STD 10 paise for telecom subscribers in India seems to be shattered as of now. The telecom commission which met on Monday has referred the issue back to Trai.

"There are lot of issues to be sorted out in the same. We are referring it back to Trai," Sidharth Behura, Telecom Secretary, Department of Telecom told ET.

Trai had last year recommended an unrestricted domestic telephony. Cellular mobile operators were lobbying for a rejection of the Trai recommendations as it will make calls dirt cheap and affect their business model. ISPAI said that the move by the government was anti consumers.