COAI counters Reliance Jio, says it flagged issue on Trai orders

Jio has demanded that both COAI and Mathews tender public apology within 48 hours over the industry body's allegations dated February 20

Industry body COAI on Saturday returned fire in the ongoing stand-off with Reliance Jio, saying its “differences” are with regulator Trai’s orders, not with a specific operator, and that it is duty-bound as an association to raise concerns on growth of the sector.

The rebuttal comes after Reliance Jio termed as “defamatory” and “malicious” recent allegations by the Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) that indicated that orders by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) are favouring the newcomer. “Our differences are with the orders of the regulator and not with any specific operator. Our intention is not to aggrieve