Jio asked Trai to take serious cognizance of its complaint and intervene by taking strict action against the incumbent operators under the relevant provisions. Photo: MintNew Delhi: Reliance Jio has slammed incumbent operators Bharti Airtel, Idea Cellular and Vodafone for allegedly refusing to help their mobile phone users port or switch to the new operator. Sharma, Reliance Jio said Bharti Airtel Ltd, Idea Cellular Ltd and Vodafone India Ltd are perpetrating “illegal and perverse actions” by refusing to enable the porting of mobile number connections. It said the rejections were in addition to “the rejection of MNP request of 4,919 corporate mobile numbers issued to employees and members of Reliance Industries Group by Bharti Airtel in August 2016. Jio asked Trai to take serious cognizance of its complaint and intervene by taking strict action against the incumbent operators under the relevant provisions.

Source: Mint September 15, 2016 16:30 UTC