Vodafone gets more time to reply to showcause notice

Kolkata: The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has extended the deadline for Vodafone Idea to respond to its show cause notice on the telco’s RedX premium tariff plan to September 4, instead of the earlier August 31 deadline.
Last week, Trai had issued a show cause notice to VIL, asking why it shouldn’t ban the telco’s RedX plan that the sector regulator said appeared to be making false claims about offering faster data speeds and misleading consumers. VIL is learnt to have sought more time to respond.
“VIL has been given till September 4 to respond to our show cause notice,” a senior Trai official said.
At press time, VIL did not reply to ET’s query.
In the show cause notice, Trai had told VIL that its claim of offering faster data speeds to RedX users appeared bogus as the telco had been unable to prove that it is actually possible to offer the promised faster data speeds to RedX consumers.