Covid-19: Airtel writes to other operators for intra circle roaming
Bharti Airtel on Monday has written to all other telecom operators to co-operate in intra circle roaming to ensure all its customers are connected during the lockdown in different States due to novel coronavirus (Covid-19).
“In line with the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP-17) for telecommunication services for responding to disasters, as issued by Department of Telecommunications, we would like to put in place a protocol amongst the TSPs for implementation of various measures, including intra circle roaming,” the Airtel letter said to other operators including Reliance Jio, Vodafone Idea, BSNL and MTNL.
This will be particularly relevant, where a site is shut or the telecom service provider (TSP) is not able to manage the up time, so that, it can collectively ensure that the services are not interrupted.