Court rejects Reliance Jio's plea against Airtel on network speed

Petitioner alleged Airtel's subsequent ad campaign was based on dishonest award issued by Ookla

A trial court has dismissed a complaint by Reliance Jio against Bharti Airtel and broadband speed testing company Ookla around the ‘fastest network’ advertisement campaign. 

Ookla had named Airtel the country’s fastest mobile network, based on data from the third and fourth quarters of 2016. RJio had petitioned a magistrate’s court in Mumbai, contending Airtel’s subsequent advertising campaign was based on a dishonest, procured and collusive award issued by Ookla. Causing losses to RJio and misleading people at large, was the argument.

The court has rejected the petition. “During this voyage of technology era, if any service provider has chosen to adopt