COAI responded saying that the points provided by the operators are sufficient to support 15-20 million users and that RelJio only has nearly 2-3 million customers. Subsequently, RelJio accused the telcos of breach of licence agreement and also requested Trai to take action against telcos. The letter requested the telecom department and the regulator to intervene in the matter and instruct RelJio to stop providing services masquerading as tests. To the PMOOn August 11, the industry lobby group COAI wrote to the Prime Minister’s Office expressing “deep concern” over the recent consultation papers floated by the telecom regulator. The association cited bias and accused Trai of adopting discriminatory practices against existing telecom operators.

Source: Hindustan Times August 24, 2016 04:18 UTC