Launched Platinum plans after Trai had no issues with Vodafone Idea plan so far: Airtel

Kolkata: Bharti Airtel has told the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) that it had last month launched its premium Platinum plan — offering faster data speeds and priority services — as the sector regulator had not voiced any concerns or raised any objections about a similar Vodafone Idea (VIL) offering, RedX, that has been in the market for the past 8-to-9 months.
The Sunil Mittal-led telco, in its latest response to the regulator, dated August 10, said “Trai is fully aware that the Platinum offering is no different from what was done by VIL in November 2019,” when the latter launched the RedX plan, also offering faster speeds as a key differentiator for postpaid users.
It said “the Platinum proposition is only an enhancement over the present offering (read: RedX) and not a new service,” adding that its new offering is “in full compliance with Trai’s existing regulations and licensing conditions”.