Trai’s decisions over past two years have hurt all barring Jio: Vodafone CEO

Barcelona: Vodafone Group CEO Nick Read sought a level playing field in India, pointing out that the outcomes of the telecom regulator’s decisions over the past two years have hurt all carriers, except Reliance Jio Infocomm, adding to the acrimony between the country’s older carriers on one side, and the regulator and the Mukesh Ambani-owned telco on the other.

“I think it’s fair to say that for the last two years, we’ve had many regulatory outcomes that have worked against everyone in the market, except Jio, and we only ask for a level playing field in terms of regulation,” Read said, on the sidelines of the Mobile World Congress on Monday.