The Cellular Operators Association of India has threatened legal action against Delhi International Airport (P) Ltd for floating a tender seeking bids for setting up and running mobile phone antenna systems at the airport, COAI Director General TV Ramachandran said on Tuesday.
“We have been informed that under the system, you intend that all service providers terminate their services at central facility called Common Facilities Distribution building from where the signals shall be carried on your network under the tender,” COAI said in its notice to DIAL.
The DIAL tender had sought bids for setting up the mobile phone antenna systems for the new passenger terminal building No 3 and associated buildings.
The COAI has contended that only companies given licences by the Department of Telecommunications have the right to operate any kind of telecommunication service.
“It is our belief that you have not been granted any such licence and are therefore, not entitled to either establish, maintain or work any telegraph system,” the COAI notice said.
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