Fixing the mobility .text.

(From Business Line)

from BUSINESS LINE, August 17, 2005 THE PLAN OF the Department of Telecom (DoT) to issue a directive restricting the mobility of fixed lines to customer's premises for the purposes of determining the levy of Access Deficit Charge (ADC) on private operators appears to be an equitable course. The basic service licence does not make a clear distinction between fixed lines and services where the 'last-mile' (to the customer point) connectivity is wireless. Till recently, the rules restricted the use of a fixed-line telephone to within a customer's premises and a cordless phone to a radius of 100 metres. But with the march of technology, wireless …