Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has cleared that Reliance Jio has not violated any tariff guidelines. The telecom regulator has acquired a number of complaints about Reliance Jio that it presents reside TV channels which quantities to predatory pricing. The knowledge was offered by Union Minister of State for Communications Devusinh Chauhan stated in a written reply in Rajya Sabha.
“On receipt of the grievance, TRAI sought a response from RJIL. On examination of the grievance and the response acquired from RJIL, TRAI thinks that the tariffs provided by RJIL will not be in violation of the Tariff orders,” the minister’s reply stated.
In response to the laws established within the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) Act of 1997, TRAI is accountable for overseeing and controlling the pricing of telecommunications companies in India.
In a current incident, TRAI acquired a grievance that accused Reliance Jio of participating in predatory pricing practices with their broadband plans, notably concerning the provision of TV channels by way of their apps or knowledge connectivity plans.
“Whereas providing broadband (Limitless knowledge and Voice) at ₹198 is low however nonetheless one thing which may be ignored, providing 400 channels at ₹100 ( ₹298 plan) or 550 channels at ₹200 (398 plan) will not be attainable/can’t be matched by any DTH operator given the TRAI NTO Regulation,” based on the grievance.
Reliance Jio providing remarkably low value
The complainant contended that it’s virtually not possible to search out any association or mixture of companies that might enable for the availability of 400 out of 550 channels on the remarkably low value provided within the aforementioned plans.
“Not solely such choices are in contravention of TRAI’s Tariff Order, however offering broadcast channels and not using a legitimate DPO authorization/license can also be in violation of the extant licensing regime,” it stated.
The complainant stated that such tariffs are detrimental to the enterprise of DTH and are predatory based mostly on regulatory arbitrage.
“Additionally, providing 400/550 channels as a part of the broadband providing properly beneath the market value to scale back the competitors is a transparent case of predatory pricing, and is in contravention to the Telecom Tariff Order 1999 and requires the speedy consideration of the Authority,” it had contended.
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Up to date: 21 Jul 2023, 08:14 PM IST
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