Trai Recommended Fine of Rs 3,050 Crore on Airtel and Vodafone Idea Gets Approval from DCC

The Digital Communications Commission (DCC) which is the top wing of the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has granted a green flag to Trai’s recommendations of levying a Rs 3,050 crore penalty on Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea for denying sufficient Points of Interconnection (PoIs) to Reliance Jio. This report comes from ET Telecom and it highlights that the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai), had recommended the DCC that the two private telecom operators should be slapped with a Rs 3,050 crore combined penalty for denying Points of Interconnection (PoIs) to the Mukesh Ambani led telecom operator back in 2016 during its rollout.

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DCC Approval Awaiting Final Clearance from Telecom Minister

It is worth noting that the DCC (Digital Communications Commission) is the highest decision making body in the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) and it has approved the recommendation asserted by Trai. The approval of the DCC will need a final clearance from the telecom minister, Ravi Shankar Prasad, which will finally bring some clarity into the matter which has been brewing in the industry for the past three years. To recall, Reliance Jio had notified about the issue of insufficient points of interconnection before its launch in September 2016. The Mukesh Ambani led telecom operator had accused the existing operators in the space, including Vodafone India, Idea Cellular and Bharti Airtel of denying PoIs to the new telco. The points of interconnection allow the telecom operators to switch the calls from one network to another.