BSNL had recently introduced a heavy discount of 60 per cent on leased line services to selective customers. This discount price however, did not include the private ISPs, who happen to be BSNL?s customers as well as competitors.
ISPs see this pricing as a blow to their margins and giving rise to unfair competition. The Internet Service Providers Association of India (ISPAI) had approched Trai for its intervention and action. ?In response to this, Trai had asked BSNL to discontinue the subsidised service to selective customers. BSNL and MTNL are the prime carriers of bandwidth and they should treat all its customers equally,? ISPAI president Amitabh Singhal said.
The Financial Express has this news story.