The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India on Friday postponed implementation of revised interconnect usage charges (IUC) regime by another fortnight to January 1, following demands from the industry for more time for implementing the regime.

"Trai has received requests from various service providers for postponement of the implementation of the IUC regime. These requests seek postponement from one to three weeks, which would be required to fully implement the IUC regime within the framework of the unified access licence," a Trai press release said in New Delhi.

Trai said it had considered the matter and decided to postpone the date of implementation of the IUC regime from December 15, 2003 to January 1, 2004.

This is the second time that IUC regime is being postponed. Last month, Trai had said that it was working on various issues including numbering, interconnection and routing of calls.