Devesh
Core Member
Bharti Airtel has sought cancellation of Reliance Jio Infocomm’s licence in Jammu & Kashmir, alleging that the newcomer wrongly classified 95% of its subscribers in the state as post-paid users, causing a security breach. Jio rejected the claim as “completely baseless, malicious and tantamount to willful disparagement.”
Escalating the war of words between them, the market leader claimed Jio categorised 7 lakh customers in the troubled northern state as post-paid even though they were pre-paid users in ‘blatant manipulation and violation of directions.’ Jio violated rules and compromised security in the region, which could jeopardise the move to block telecom services to prepaid customers as ordered by the state, Airtel said.
“By violating the subscriber verification guidelines, RJIL has caused a serious security breach and is therefore liable for punitive action in terms of clause 39.11(i) of the unified licence,” Airtel said in a letter to the telecom department dated May 30.
Jio countered the allegation by saying the letter seems to be an “act of retaliation” after it had raised the issue of Airtel allowing incoming calls for prepaid subscribers in Kashmir valley despite orders from the J&K government earlier this month to stop all prepaid services in the area.
Reliance Jio: Bharti Airtel seeks Jio J&K license cancellation for flouting rules, Telecom News, ET Telecom
Escalating the war of words between them, the market leader claimed Jio categorised 7 lakh customers in the troubled northern state as post-paid even though they were pre-paid users in ‘blatant manipulation and violation of directions.’ Jio violated rules and compromised security in the region, which could jeopardise the move to block telecom services to prepaid customers as ordered by the state, Airtel said.
“By violating the subscriber verification guidelines, RJIL has caused a serious security breach and is therefore liable for punitive action in terms of clause 39.11(i) of the unified licence,” Airtel said in a letter to the telecom department dated May 30.
Jio countered the allegation by saying the letter seems to be an “act of retaliation” after it had raised the issue of Airtel allowing incoming calls for prepaid subscribers in Kashmir valley despite orders from the J&K government earlier this month to stop all prepaid services in the area.
Reliance Jio: Bharti Airtel seeks Jio J&K license cancellation for flouting rules, Telecom News, ET Telecom
