LDI Companies Make Ton Of Money From Higher International Calling Rates To Pakistan
Its official. Based on the PTA report issued recently, the revenues of long distance companies (LDI) has gone through the roof. This is because PTA implemented the rate of 10 cents per minute for calls to Pakistan from abroad. The reason given by PTA is that this was to lower illegal termination traffic.In reality, this rate fixing has made LDI companies taken advantage of those calling from abroad, mostly expatriate Pakistanis.
Omantel and Qtel also made some impact, though its not likely to be as large.
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The topic starts from “its official”.
but no Official link has been given.
This site claims to be authentic source of information but sorry to say i can’t feel anything like that.
the rate increased by the PTA was due to PTCL pressure – because they get the maximum and supported by worldcall.
it also helped operators who are in to grey market. The poor pakistani abroad are feeding few operators under the patronage of pta
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The rates were lower before and were artificially lifted up to 10c/min.
The increase in LDI traffic and revenue was also due to Qtel entering the market. But the main increase in revenue was due to higher rates.
Pardon my ignorance, but was the 10 c/min a reduction in rates or an increase? Furthermore, I am interested as to the relevance of your comment about Omantel and Qtel impact. Again, due to my ignorance, I am unable to see what that sentence means. Could you please explain?