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Telcos to airports: Allow us to provide indoor telecom infrastructure

Latest rules don't allow third-party partners to deploy active or passive infrastructure

telecom infrastructure, in-building solutions, IBS, Reliance Jio, Airtel, Vodafone Idea, airports, Adani Airports, telecom RoW, DoT regulations
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The airports are in various stages of granting exclusive rights to third-party entities to install In-Building Solutions (IBS) | Illustration: Ajaya Mohanty

Subhayan Chakraborty New Delhi

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Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel, and Vodafone Idea have jointly asked airport authorities in Mumbai, Navi Mumbai, Bengaluru, Thiruvananthapuram, and Guwahati to allow them — and not a third-party infrastructure provider — to install and provide indoor-telecom equipment.
 
The telcos had last week written to the upcoming Noida International Airport Ltd as well as Mumbai Metro earlier on this issue.
 
Barring Bangalore International Airport Ltd (BIAL), the other four are run by Adani Airports Holding Ltd (AAHL).
 
In their letters — on April 25 — the telcos have cited laws that mandate licensed telecom-service providers will get right of way (RoW)