Reliance Jio has slammed Bharti Airtel for filing a complaint with telecom regulator over live TV channels offering with JioFiber, saying the rival company’s sole grouse was the reasonable tariffs of JioFiber. Jio dubbed charges made by Airtel as “deliberate malicious attempt to defame” RJIL’s consumer-friendly tariffs to protect “narrow interests”.
Jio in a letter to Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) said “Airtel should be warned against making such frivolous complaints in future.”The offensive came after Bharti Airtel told regulator Trai that broadcasters are violating the downlinking policy by providing broadcast content to unregistered digital distribution platforms. Airtel’s submission to the watchdog is seen as an apparent reference to Jio TV showing IPL 2023 matches.
Jio referred to Trai letter dated March 31, 2023 seeking comments on Airtel’s complaint on alleged predatory offers of live TV channels with broadband plans by Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited (RJIL). “At the outset, we submit that this complaint is a deliberate malicious attempt by Bharti Airtel to defame RJIL’s consumer friendly tariffs in order to protect its narrow interests,” Reliance Jio said in the letter dated April 6, 2023
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