DoT sets fixed wireless rules

The department of telecom DoT has put to rest all doubts over how much subscribers should pay for fixed wireless phones and how far they can go with them.

In a letter to basic operators including BSNL and MTNL, DoT said late on Wednesday night that a fixed wireless phone service used outside its place of registeration must pay the access deficit and interconnect charges of a WLL mobile service.

The responsibility to ensure that fixed wireless sets are not used beyond the 8216;8216;premises of the subscriber where the telephone connection is registered8217;8217; rests sqaurely on service provider8217;s shoulders, the DoT note said.