Trai had last week decided to reduce the international call termination charge from 53 paise a minute to 30 paise a minute. The cut in international call termination charge could result in Bharti Airtel’s Ebitda for the January-March quarter falling by Rs84 crore, according to Mint calculations, based on estimates by Kotak Institutional Equities. The termination charge is payable by an international long-distance operator to the Indian telecom operator on whose network an overseas call terminates. “COAI is of the view that the reduction in international termination charge is against national interest, as the country will lose precious foreign exchange,” Rajan S. Mathews, director general of the lobby group, said in a statement on Friday. “That Jio was the only major access provider in India to support a cut in international termination charge is interesting to note.

Source: Mint January 15, 2018 15:22 UTC