The Cellular Operators’ Association of India (COAI) has written to Indian telecom regulator TRAI to seek its intervention to immediately stop state-run BSNL’s app-based calling service. This service is in no way linked with mobile service or customer SIM in mobile handset. It is not a call originated from the IP address of the broadband subscriber which has been given by BSNL. “Such routing with an app number is not allowed under the licence and it is not Internet telephony,” the COAI said. Noting that the terminating operator will receive this call as if it originated from BSNL’s domestic fixed line network, the COAI said the new service is disguised as a Public Switched Telephone Network service.

Source: Indian Express January 28, 2017 05:03 UTC