In a recent letter written by the Cellular Operators Association Of India (COAI) to the Department of Telecommunications (DoT), it has been alleged that Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited (RJIL) has been providing full-fledged services under the garb of ‘tests’, thus causing a financial blow to the incumbent operators. Why is COAI aggrieved? The COAI, which is a lobby group for the telecom industry, in its letter dated August 10, 2016 to the DoT, has accused RJIL for, inter alia, bypassing regulations, gaming the interconnection usage charges (IUC) regime, predatory pricing and disrupting fair competition. The letter states that with a customer […]
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