Another calling rate agreement
Total Access Communication (DTAC) and Triple T Broadband have signed a deal on interconnection rates.
They agreed on a termination rate of Bt1 a minute and a transit rate of 50 satang a minute.
National Telecommunications Commission (NTC)'s policy on interconnection charges requires all telecom operators to share voice revenue between networks involved in any call. The caller's network pays the termination rate to the receiver's network and the transit rate is paid by the caller's network to any intermediate networks involved along the way. DTAC is the second-largest cellular operator, while Triple T is a fixed voice and data network provider. They will send their agreement for NTC approval within the next 10 days. DTAC and cellular operators True Move and Advanced Info Service (AIS) signed similar interconnection rate agreements earlier this month. AIS and DTAC agreed on a termination rate of Bt1 per minute. If DTAC transits a call via AIS to a third network, it will pay Bt1 per minute to AIS, but if the call comes the other way, the rate will be 50 satang a minute. DTAC and True Move agreed on a termination rate of Bt1 per minute and a transit rate of 20 satang per minute. Triple T is now close to signing agreements with AIS and True Move, according to its president Prachuab Tantinont. All the operators will begin billing one another for the interconnection charges in February.
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