Premium plan queries: Trai gives Vodafone Idea time till September 4

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has given time till September 4 to Vodafone Idea (VIL) to reply on its show-cause notice regarding the RedX plan. The deadline to reply was earlier August 31, but VIL had sought another three weeks’ time. While the regulator rejected a three-week extension, it agreed to give it time till September 4. “We have to complete the inquiry before September 10 when the TDSAT is scheduled to hear the matter and we have to file our reply.

We can’t grant three weeks as it will stretch the case too long…also the questions raised in the notice are not new,” a Trai source said. The regulator wants to hear from the company regarding the techno-regulatory issues around the plan. So far, Vodafone Idea has failed to answer the queries raised by Trai.