Walking out: Telenor LDI Communications exits ICH
As part of this policy directive MTRI was proposed for mobile operators.
ISLAMABAD:
Telenor LDI Communications private limited (TLC), a subsidiary of Telenor Pakistan, has exited from the International Clearing House (ICH) due to heavy losses to Telenor as an enterprise. Telenor has raised this concern a number of times with relevant authorities. As part of this policy directive, Mobile Termination Rate for international incoming (MTRI) was proposed for mobile operators. Unfortunately, this policy was never implemented in its true letter and spirit as the separate provision of Mobile Termination Rate for international incoming (MTRI) traffic termination was never determined or disbursed to mobile operators even after a lapse of more than a year. Resultantly, Telenor enterprise has faced financial losses of more than Rs2.2 billion since the establishment of ICH and upward revision of Total Accounting Rate/Access Promotion Charge.
Published in The Express Tribune, January 30th, 2014.
Telenor LDI Communications private limited (TLC), a subsidiary of Telenor Pakistan, has exited from the International Clearing House (ICH) due to heavy losses to Telenor as an enterprise. Telenor has raised this concern a number of times with relevant authorities. As part of this policy directive, Mobile Termination Rate for international incoming (MTRI) was proposed for mobile operators. Unfortunately, this policy was never implemented in its true letter and spirit as the separate provision of Mobile Termination Rate for international incoming (MTRI) traffic termination was never determined or disbursed to mobile operators even after a lapse of more than a year. Resultantly, Telenor enterprise has faced financial losses of more than Rs2.2 billion since the establishment of ICH and upward revision of Total Accounting Rate/Access Promotion Charge.
Published in The Express Tribune, January 30th, 2014.