Internet Telepholy will reduce phone call rates drastically

• Consumers will soon be able to make STD calls as cheap as 10-40 paise and possibly make free local calls from their computers.
• Telecom regulator TRAI removed all curbs on Internet telephony in the country
• Till date, a call from a computer could legally be made only to another computer within the country, and not to a phone. (The policy regime, though, allowed domestic users to make international calls to a phone from their computer).
  
• For consumers, this means they can make calls from PCs to fixedline and mobile phones in India. They can also make a call to personal computers from their handsets.
  
• The move ensures that rural India will be the biggest beneficiary as users would be able to make ultra-cheap calls from PCOs using this technology.
  
• Broadband growth is also likely to get a boost. Also, WiMax, a wireless broadband technology getting ready for launch in India, is a potential gainer from the move.
  
• For ISPs, Internet telephony will open up major new revenue channels. Additionally cheap Internet telephony can also lower the operating expenditure of domestic call centres and BPOs.