The Hindu Business Line : Pvt operators asked to track ILD calls thru Reliance

BSNL has asked all private telecom service providers to check the records of all international long-distance (ILD) calls coming through Reliance Infocomm's network for any illegal routing of calls.

The company has advised the operators to check the incoming traffic from May onwards.

BSNL had blown the whistle last month on Reliance Infocomm after it found that the private operator's network was being used to route ILD calls illegally.

It has asked Reliance to pay up for the losses and has also served disconnection notice to it in at least 30 cities, including Chennai, Mumbai and Pune.

BSNL has asked Reliance to immediately pay the access deficit charges on the illegal calls or face disconnection.

According to BSNL's complaint, Reliance was routing ILD calls and terminating them on BSNL's fixed-line network as if they were local calls.

The company has alleged that Reliance was bringing ILD traffic into the country and then changing the caller line identification number to pass it on to BSNL's telephones as if the calls were originating from less than 50 km.

In a letter on October 21, BSNL has requested all cellular and fixed-line operators to check the traffic data for calls that have been routed through Reliance Infocomm's ILD network.

The Department of Telecom had also sent a notice to Reliance Infocomm seeking explanation of the licence violation. To avoid any disconnection, Reliance had made an interim payment to BSNL till the issue is resolved.

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