Jio opposes Trai intervention on call ring time; backs forbearance

Amid an industry feud over call ringing time, Reliance Jio has urged the telecom regulator to abstain from mandating a specific duration for calls to ring, and said the matter should be kept under forbearance as “there is no need for any regulatory intervention”.

Jio said if at all the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) wants to take a view on the issue, it should be in form of a “reference guideline and not in form of a mandated value”.

“In such case, the range of 20 seconds to 25 seconds may be prescribed as reference guideline,” Jio informed Trai, which is in the process of finalising its views on the issue through a consultation paper.