Communications panel okays ₹3,050-cr penalty imposed on Airtel, Voda-Idea

The Digital Communications Commission (DCC) on Wednesday approved the penalty imposed on Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea amounting to ₹3,050 crore (cumulative) for not providing points of interconnection to Reliance Jio.

The decision comes after the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) recently maintained its stand that t is not in a position to modify its previously recommended penalty on the operators as it is bound by the provisions of the TRAI Act.

“The DCC has accepted TRAI’s recommendation on penalty on Airtel and Vodafone Idea. It will send the same recommendation to the competent authority in the government for its decision,” Aruna Sundararajan, Secretary, Department of Telecom (DoT), told reporters here.