AUSPI says market forces responsible for bringing down the per-minute long distance call charges to below Re 1

Likewise, the Association of Unified Service Providers of India (AUSPI) has claimed that market forces were already bringing down the per-minute long distance call charges to below Re 1 and that there was no need for the government to regulate these tariffs. It also pointed out that OneIndia was not possible due to the existing ADC and interconnect usage charge regimes, which involved payment of carriage and termination charges. Further, CDMA-based mobile service providers have suggested a Rs 1 billion entry fee for direct connectivity between two circles.

According to AUSPI, this is necessary in order to maintain a level playing field under the OneIndia plan proposed by DoT. It notes that NLD services are provided under a separate licence, for which huge entry fees have been paid.