The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) slams a fine of 3050 crores on India’s top three telecom operators which are Bharti Airtel, Vodafone India and Idea cellular. 

 TRAI imposed fine of 50 crores per circle where 21 circles have been recommended for Bharti Airtel and Vodafone India and 19 circles for Idea cellular. This fine is imposed for all of these three companies for failure of providing the sufficient interconnection to Reliance JIO. TRAI imposed the fine of 1050 crore on Bharti Airtel and also 1050 crore on Vodafone India and 950 crores on Idea cellular. Since TRAI does not have power to impose fine, it suggests The Department of Telecommunication to impose this fine on all of these telecom companies. JIO users have been facing congestion on voice calls and call drops problem. And the company said that this is because the other telecom operator’s companies were not providing the interconnectivity or so-called point of interconnection so that calls could end in their networks. So TRAI found the violations were against the public interest and warranted the cancellation of all these three companies. TRAI has been monitoring this high-level congestion on a daily basis since September 30 and found that the situation has not improved.