TRAI hot on heels of service providers

By Staff
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Google Oneindia News

New Delhi, Mar 19: Sector regulator TRAI is poised to prosecute erring telecom providers including Reliance Infocomm and Bharti tele-ventures Ltd who have not responded to show cause notices served to them for network congestion on March 6 and would decide the final course of action tomorrow at its board meeting here.

Besides issuing notices the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) can recommend to the DoT to take penal action against erring operators and even recommend revocation of their licences.

The Board meeting also assumes significance as its Chairman Pradip Baijal is retiring also on March 21.

''We have decided not to give an extension to the operators to file their replies. The Trai board will meet on Monday to decide on the future course of action,'' Mr Baijal had said.

The notices were also sent to Reliance Telecom, Tata Teleservices, BPL Mobile Cellular and Spice Communication.

Meanwhile, Cellular Operators Asociation of India (COAI), the apex body of private operators in a reply to TRAI had said the regulator was shifting the blame on service providers for poor call quality and it was only covering up its own failures.

UNI

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