Indian telecom giant Bharti
Airtel has to buckle down under severe pressure from all quarters to take back
its decision to charge extra for the VoIP calls that we make from clients like
Skype, Viber, Line, and WeChat etc.
"In view of the news reports
that a consultation paper will be issued shortly by TRAI on issues relating to
services offered by OTT (over the top content) players including VoIP, we have
decided not to implement our proposed launch of VoIP packs," the company
informed the media.
Airtel had plans to charge the
users on a pay-as-you-go basis for using the VoIP services at a standard rate
of 4 paise per 10 KB on 3G network and 10 paise per 10 KB on 2G network would
have been applied.
"We have no doubt that as a
result of the consultation process a balanced outcome would emerge that would
not only protect the interests of all stakeholders and viability of this
important sector but would also encourage much needed investments in spectrum
and roll out of data networks to fulfil the objective of digital India,"
Airtel stated.
The IB Ministry has said earlier
that it would look into the issue as the company's decision seriously violates
the net neutrality, an unspoken code of conduct which calls for all the data
usage to be treated equally.
Bharti Airtel had to face serious
media outcry across all social platforms in the past few days.
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