Levy of service tax on interconnection service provided by one telecom operator to another - reg

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....r to another - reg. The interconnection service is provided by one telegraph authority to another to enable the telephone subscribers of these telegraph authorities to connect with each other. Interconnection in technical terms means the commercial and technical arrangements under which service providers connect their equipment, networks, and services to enable their customers to have access to ....

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....ice" means any service provided to a subscriber by the telegraph authority in relation to a telephone connection. The subscriber means a person to whom any service of a telephone connection has been provided by the telegraph authority. Therefore, a subscriber in respect of telephone service is the person who avails of service of telephone connection. While providing service of interconnection usag....

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....ication service' to make it a taxable service. Further, any service provided or to be provided, to any person, by a telegraph authority in relation to 'telecommunication service' has been made taxable. This amendment will come into effect from a date to be notified by the Government after enactment of Finance Bill, 2007. Therefore, after this amendment comes into effect, service tax would be appli....