Mukesh Ambani hits back: Jio's Strongly Worded Letter to Telcos may Drag Infighting over Jio's 4G Launch to Court
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The telecom tussle may be headed to where most of the telecom matters end up, the courts.
Jio’s long running free trial offer has landed Jio in a fight with the existing telecom operators who have written to the top offices in the govt including the PMO stating that Reliance Jio is offering full-fledged services to consumers for free in the guise of trial testing and the govt should stop the test immediately. The telecom operators have also accused Jio of poaching their customers with its free services.
In its letter to COAI, Jio does not just stop at a warning for a legal action but goes on to accuse COAI of promoting cartelisation saying, “COAI is deliberately and maliciously acting at the behest of and as a mouthpiece for certain specific incumbent dominant operators, having vested interest against Reliance Jio. It only evidences further COAI is openly promoting cartelisation in the guise of promoting the cause of the industry, while actually perpetrating anti competition practices and misguiding and misinforming the Government, Statutory Authorities and the consumers.”
With almost three million subscribers, Reliance Jio is already becoming a major player and a threat to the existing telecom operators even before its commercial launch. Jio has rolled out its services on a trial basis where it is offering consumers free data for three months bundled with its Lyf handsets and other smartphones including
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