Airtel and Vodafone Idea, which are currently battling shrinking revenue, thanks to Jio’s cut-throat tariffs, have welcomed Trai’s regulatory rethink. Simply put, Bill and Keep means scrapping IUC. Scrapping IUC, or reducing it, would benefit Jio, which has more outgoing traffic than incoming calls. At the time Trai decided to scrap IUC, Airtel, Vodafone and Idea had resisted the change, while Jio was in favour. State-run BSNL has also urged Trai to reconsider scrapping IUC.

Source: Mint October 21, 2019 12:59 UTC