TDSAT's stay on default calls continues

new delhi: the stay on the telecom regulator's directive on sharing of 'default traffic' on mobile-to-mobile std calls between bharti and bharat sanchar nigam would continue. the telecom dispute settlement and appellate tribunal on tuesday adjourned the next hearing to february 27. the adjournment has been granted on bharti's request seeking more time to study the replies of the department of telecom and the rejoinder of bsnl, sources said. bharti will file its reply on friday, february 22. it was a pure and simple adjournment. bharti has sought time till thursday stating that since both dot and bsnl filed their reply and rejoinder respectively on monday, the company needs some time to study their response , they said. telecom regulatory authority of india had filed its reply on thursday last. bharti's much hyped foray into std operations suffered a setback on january 31 when tdsat had stayed trai's order for distribution of default traffic between bharti and bsnl on alternate days. the stay came after bsnl moved the tribunal the previous day against trai's order dated january 25, 2002 stating that revenue accruing due to default calls, where customers do not specify choice of their call carriers (here in reference to state owned bsnl or private operators like bharti), would be shared equally between existing operators. earlier, telecom watchdog -- a city based ngo -- had filed an affidavit seeking the interventation of department of telecom stating that the licensor should be involved in the case where two licencees are embroiled in a dispute. dot has already filed its counter affidavit on february 15 with the tribunal. bsnl, in the earlier hearing had said that trai had no powers to decide as to who would get the business (in terms of std traffic) and on what basis. during the course of the stay, all default std calls on mobile phones would be routed through bsnl as against the earlier arrangement where it was to be distributed equally between bharti and bsnl. bsnl had recently asked the department of telecommunications (dot) to restrain launch of std operations by first private operator bharti saying lack of preparedness on access code could lead to collapse of domestic long distance network. bsnl had earlier also argued that bharti has not fulfilled conditions including mutual agreement with the service providers before launching its operations.

TDSAT's stay on default calls continues

NEW DELHI: The stay on the telecom regulator's directive on sharing of 'default traffic' on mobile-to-mobile STD calls between Bharti and Bharat Sanchar Nigam would continue.

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