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British telecom firm Asergis dragged Bharti Airtel to the Telecom Disputes Settlement & Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT) over toll-free number (TFN) blocking issue.

Asergis accused Airtel of blocking its subscribers from accessing the TFNs it leased from Tata Teleservices on the ground that calls to the TFNs were terminating outside India.

Asergis had ordered seventy-one TFNs from Tata Teleservices for a project. They initially activated one number on trial basis. But Airtel soon blocked the traffic to the TFNs, even before the project could take off.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) may reduce interest rates as there is a now a strong case for easing of repo rate policy, Department of Economic Affairs Secretary Arvind Mayaram said.

Mayaram said that the central bank was as concerned about the economic growth as the government was, and added that the rupee appreciation would drastically cut subsidy burden.