Telecom Regulatory Authority of India
(TRAI) today told the Delhi High Court that no coercive steps would be
taken against telecom companies as the next hearing date will be on 6th
of January. So the call drop problems continue even now. The telecom
companies were asked to make compensation with respect to call drops.
Additional
Solicitor General (ASG) PS Narasimha made the submission before a bench
of Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice Jayant Nath which listed the
pleas of mobile operators who challenged the call drop regulations for
second hearing on January 6th.
But the
ASG also made it clear that the regulations will be effective and will
come into force only from 1st of January. Besides Cellular Operators
Association of India (COAI), the Association of Unified Telecom Service
Providers of India (AUSPI) and 21 telecom operators,
including
Vodafone, Bharti Airtel and Reliance have made it clear that it is
definitely not possible to provide a 100% call drop free network. They
said, the call drops are a part of all networks.