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| SIX ILLEGAL EXCHANGES BUSTED |
| 09.15.06 (7:48 pm) [edit] |
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The Vigilance and Telecom Monitoring (VTM) Cells of the Department of Telecom (DoT) have busted 6 illegal telephone exchanges at Orissa, Hyderabad and Chennai. The illegal exchanges were terminating the international calls brought through Internet using the illegal setup installed at Orissa, Hyderabad and Chennai. These illegal exchanges were distributing such international calls throughout India. VTM cell Hyderabad busted three illegal exchanges at Bhubaneswar, Sambalpur in Orissa and 2 illegal exchanges in Hyderabad. These illegal exchanges were using the international Bandwidth of M/s Ortel Communication Ltd in Orissa and M/s Bharti Televenture Limited (Broadband) in Hyderabad and were using the PSTN/Mobile phones of M/s Reliance Infocom Ltd and BSNL. VTM Cell of Chennai busted the illegal set up at Egmore, Chennai who was using the international leased line from M/s Bharti Infotel Ltd. This illegal setup was using the Mobile phone of Airtel and BSNL. The total international bandwidth used in these 6 illegal exchanges was 3.625 Mbps and approximate 63 no phone of M/s Reliance Infocom Limited, 16 no Airtel and 10 BSNL Cell-One were found to be used. Six FIRs has been lodged at Bhubaneswar, Sambalpur, Hyderabad and Chennai. Three persons have been arrested. These setups have caused an estimated revenue loss of Rs. 1.24 crore to the country. These set-ups were illegal as these were bypassing the authorised and licensed International long Distance Operators. This was not only causing revenue loss to the country but also posing a threat to the national security, as international calls handled by these set-ups could not be lawfully monitored.
It is worth mentioning that Department of Telecommunication has notified a Toll Free No. “1800 110 420” or “1963” on which the public can inform the DoT about such incoming calls using illegal setup. Usually local/national CLI (Caller Line Identification) is displayed when receiving these incoming international calls.
ABC NEWS NETWORK
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