TRAI poses more questions to Airtel, Voda Idea on priority plans

Not satisfied with responses submitted by Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea on priority plans, regulator TRAI has shot off additional “technical” queries to both the telcos and asked them to explain their stand on August 4, a source said.

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) wants the two companies to substantiate their claims that the contentious priority offerings, which are under the regulator’s lens, have neither deteriorated experience of other network users nor violated any norms.

Another source said that Bharti Airtel has been asked over two dozen questions, including if limits for data speeds have been set for platinum and non-platinum users, and about the levels of throughput for platinum users.

TRAI sent out fresh set of questions to both Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea on July 31, and the operators have been asked to respond to the questions on August 4.
Business Standard