The minimum international incoming call termination rate was $0.015 and maximum $0.035 until now. The BTRC letter says state-owned BTCL and all other International Gateway or IGW operators will terminate international calls at maximum rates within the fixed rates. They also fear this will reduce the number of international calls and increase calls made on over-the-top (OTT) apps like Viber and WhatsApp. Currently, the BTRC gets 40 percent of the revenue from international call termination, IGW operators 20 percent, ICX operators 17.5 percent ANS receive 22.5 percent. They say the IGW operators will now hike the incoming call termination rate to $0.025, which will hit the number of calls and amount of revenue.

Source: bd News24 February 22, 2018 19:41 UTC