COAI's Version:
Industry body Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) fired a salvo at Jio on Monday by writing to Telecom Secretary J S Deepak alleging that Jio was masquerading full-blown services in the guise of a trial, which they said amounted to predatory pricing.
The COAI's letter was a response to one sent by Jio to the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) claiming that incumbents were not providing enough interconnect bandwidth.
In response, the incumbents have alleged that the burgeoning voice traffic emanating from Jio is choking their networks, given that 1.5 million subscribers of Jio are calling people who are on the networks of other leading telcos. When a subscriber of one network makes a call to a subscriber of another network, the point at which the two networks connect are known as Points of Interconnect (PoIs).
Depending on the nature of traffic emanating from different networks, each operator has a certain capacity on its PoIs. Given that few Airtel or Vodafone subscribers are calling Jio subscribers, the traffic is skewed.
http://www.business-standard.com/ar...oking-our-networks-telcos-116081000027_1.html
Now Jio Counters..
Reliance Jio Infocomm on Wednesday released a letter it has written to the telecom regulator responding to the allegations of incumbent telecom operators. Calling the allegations malicious, unfounded, ill informed and frivolous, Reliance Jio's letter says that the COAI's campaign appears to be an exercise to promote the vested interests of the incumbent dominant players.
The letter says that the "Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) has deliberately indulged in an unwarranted vilification campaign, not only against RJIL but also against TRAI, through various media reports, without any basis whatsoever."
The company has also said it is targeting 100 mn subscribers and till the incumbents offer the requisite interconnection bandwidth, the company cannot launch commercial services. The company has alleged that incumbents are using their dominant position to stifle other operators. The company has also argued that lower interconnect rates benefit the consumers and higher rates only benefit incumbents.
Source: http://www.business-standard.com/ar...abusing-dominant-position-116081000677_1.html
TRAI counters...
Hitting back at cellular operators over allegations of 'bias', the regulator Trai (Telecom Regulatory Authority of India) on Tuesday said it will continue to work with regard to consumer protection, fair play and growth of the industry.
"The allegations of bias against Trai are baseless," Trai Chairman R S Sharma said.
Sharma's comments come a day after cellular operators' body COAI (Cellular Operators Association of India) termed the regulator's recent consultation on call connect charges as "unfair" on incumbent operators and alleged that Trai's discussion paper was an indicator of "bias creeping in".
"Trai will continue to work in the areas in which it is mandated to work...We will continue to perform functions assigned in the Trai Act, with regard to consumer protection, Quality of Service, encouraging competition, fair play and growth of industry," Sharma said.
http://www.business-standard.com/ar...legation-of-bias-baseless-116081000042_1.html
We are all with you Jio, Screw CARTEL badly.
Industry body Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) fired a salvo at Jio on Monday by writing to Telecom Secretary J S Deepak alleging that Jio was masquerading full-blown services in the guise of a trial, which they said amounted to predatory pricing.
The COAI's letter was a response to one sent by Jio to the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) claiming that incumbents were not providing enough interconnect bandwidth.
In response, the incumbents have alleged that the burgeoning voice traffic emanating from Jio is choking their networks, given that 1.5 million subscribers of Jio are calling people who are on the networks of other leading telcos. When a subscriber of one network makes a call to a subscriber of another network, the point at which the two networks connect are known as Points of Interconnect (PoIs).
Depending on the nature of traffic emanating from different networks, each operator has a certain capacity on its PoIs. Given that few Airtel or Vodafone subscribers are calling Jio subscribers, the traffic is skewed.
http://www.business-standard.com/ar...oking-our-networks-telcos-116081000027_1.html
Now Jio Counters..
Reliance Jio Infocomm on Wednesday released a letter it has written to the telecom regulator responding to the allegations of incumbent telecom operators. Calling the allegations malicious, unfounded, ill informed and frivolous, Reliance Jio's letter says that the COAI's campaign appears to be an exercise to promote the vested interests of the incumbent dominant players.
The letter says that the "Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) has deliberately indulged in an unwarranted vilification campaign, not only against RJIL but also against TRAI, through various media reports, without any basis whatsoever."
The company has also said it is targeting 100 mn subscribers and till the incumbents offer the requisite interconnection bandwidth, the company cannot launch commercial services. The company has alleged that incumbents are using their dominant position to stifle other operators. The company has also argued that lower interconnect rates benefit the consumers and higher rates only benefit incumbents.
Source: http://www.business-standard.com/ar...abusing-dominant-position-116081000677_1.html
TRAI counters...
Hitting back at cellular operators over allegations of 'bias', the regulator Trai (Telecom Regulatory Authority of India) on Tuesday said it will continue to work with regard to consumer protection, fair play and growth of the industry.
"The allegations of bias against Trai are baseless," Trai Chairman R S Sharma said.
Sharma's comments come a day after cellular operators' body COAI (Cellular Operators Association of India) termed the regulator's recent consultation on call connect charges as "unfair" on incumbent operators and alleged that Trai's discussion paper was an indicator of "bias creeping in".
"Trai will continue to work in the areas in which it is mandated to work...We will continue to perform functions assigned in the Trai Act, with regard to consumer protection, Quality of Service, encouraging competition, fair play and growth of industry," Sharma said.
http://www.business-standard.com/ar...legation-of-bias-baseless-116081000042_1.html
We are all with you Jio, Screw CARTEL badly.
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