TRAI recommends Rs.3,050 crore penalty on Airtel, Idea & Vodafone

Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has recommended to imposition of 3,050 crore rupees penalty on Bharti Airtel, Vodafone and Idea cellular for allegedly denying interconnectivity to newcomer Reliance Jio.

TRAI, in its recommendation to the Department of Telecom, said it has found the the three companies to be non-compliant with licence conditions regarding giving interconnection to



Reliance Jio customers.It also noted that denial of interconnection by these operators to RJio appears to be with the ulterior motive to stifle competition and is anti-consumer.

The recommendation came on complaint by Reliance Jio that over 75 per cent of calls on its network are failing as incumbents were not giving sufficient points of interconnect that would help complete calls.