Rivals dismiss as ‘outrageous’ Reliance Jio ‘allegation’ of sabotage to get customers to port out

Airtel has written to the telecom department against Reliance Jio’s purported allegation that rival telcos had a hand in provoking agitators involved in tower disruption.

Airtel has called the charges baseless and outrageous. It has told the department of telecom (DoT) that Jio’s allegations against it did not demonstrate any evidence that Bharti had any hand in the ongoing issues that the Reliance company was facing, and that the complaint should be dismissed “with the contempt that it deserves”.

The letter by Airtel to telecom secretary Anshu Prakash said the company was aware of a complaint made by Reliance Jio to the department dated December 28, in reference to the disruption of RJIL (Reliance Jio) services in Punjab and Haryana because of the farmers’ protests.