TRAI asks Airtel, Vodafone Idea to submit pending data post priority plan presentation

Telecom regulator TRAI has asked Airtel and Vodafone Idea to submit all pending data post their priority plan presentation on August 10, as the regulator moves closer to finalising its views on the contentious issue, a source said. The regulator recently sent reminders to the two companies to submit the additional data to back their claims, the source told PTI.

Following this, Vodafone Idea has send some information and sought time till August 20 to submit the rest, while Airtel’s response is awaited. The source privy to the development said that the companies had made certain claims in the presentation before the regulator on August 10, and that TRAI (Telecom Regulatory Authority of India) had asked all related data to be submitted.