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Illegal VoIP costs govt Tk 1209cr a year

UNB, Dhabi
The government is losing around Tk 1208.88 crore revenue per year due to international call termination through illegal VoIP
The BTRC is currently working on ways to reduce international call termination through illegal VoIP
According to Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC), every day some three crore international calls are entering.
Of the calls. Bangladesh Telegraph and Telephone Board (BTTB) terminates some 1.40 crore calls and the rest 1 60 crore calls are dealt by the VoIP traders.
The number of international outgoing calls is between 16 and 20
percent (48 to 60 lakhs) of the incoming calls and B1TB handles most of these calls.
“Huge amount of money is being lost through illegal VoIP... On an average, we're losing some USS 3 cent in revenue per call," BTRC Chairman Manzurul Alam said.
When the BTRC tightened the drive against illegal VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) business, the loss of revenue rose to USS 6 cent per call, he said.
Under the strict supervision of BTRC. Mazurul said drives against the illegal VoIP business is going on in full swing and it has reduced this illegal business substantially.
Besides the drive, to minimize the illegal call termination, BTRC is trying to reduce the international call charge close to the rate of the
market, the BTRC chairman said.
Quality of the calls exchanged through illegal VoIP is very poor, he said, adding that the unlicensed VoIP trad^would naturally become ineffectual if BTTB international call charges could be reduced down to USS 4 cent that is quite close to the call charge in the gray market.
Recently, most of the cell phone operators in the country were found involved in illegal VoIP trade.
The BTRC chairman said the second submarine cable would be installed as soon as possible to handle growing number of international calls.
The BTRC would also shut down the V-sats which are used as gateways for terminating VoIP calls.