Within 24 hours of blocking incoming calls from Loop Mobile users in Mumbai on its network, Vodafone India has reached a settlement on the issue of interconnection usage charges (IUC) with the former. With the resolution of the issue, the traffic flow between the networks of both the operators has been resumed.
Earlier, Vodafone India had restricted traffic between its own network and Loop Mobile due to the non-payment of IUC by the latter. Vodafone India had claimed that the IUC payments were overdue from Loop Mobile for a long time and as a result it had blocked incoming calls from the latter?s subscribers to its network in Mumbai.
As per the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, the interconnection involves linking network of a telecom operator to that of the other. Moreover, an operator is required to pay interconnection charges to the other operator, which receives and delivers the call on its network. The regulator has set IUC at Re 0.1 per minute.
