Reliance Jio blames rivals of ‘killing’ competition

Barcelona: Reliance Jio Infocomm has dismissed Vodafone Group CEO Nick Read’s allegation that it was the sole beneficiary of the telecom regulator’s decisions as “fake news” and blamed the UK company’s India unit and Bharti Airtel for “killing” the competition even before it started services in September 2016.

Jio president Mathew Oommen took a pot shot at Bharti Airtel chairman Sunil Mittal’s comments on forming an optic fibre JV with Vodafone Idea, telling ET, “If one company is not able to execute, now two companies coming together may not be able to execute. It is about outcome and deliverables, and not about coming together.” He noted that Jio has more fibre connectivity than its rivals combined.