Doors were opened for Bharti Airtel from Reliance Jio side as Jio with open arms accepted the decision of Airtel to provide with better interconnections for its calls. At the same time, Jio added to the motion that the number of proposal of such points remained substantially less than actual requirement — so therefore, these won’t be able to take care of the issue of large-scale call drops. Airtel rebuked back at Jio.

According to Jio, “Based on the current traffic flow between the two networks, the proposed augmentation by Airtel would still only suffice for less than one-fourth of the required interconnection capacity”

“More than two crore calls are failing everyday between the two networks, which is far in excess of the quality of service parameters and of alarming proportions. Urgent steps are required to be taken in the interest of customers of both operators,” the statement said.

“It is unfortunate that the Telecom Regulatory Authority’s intervention was required for Airtel to resume augmentation of points of interconnection, which it ought to have done by itself in compliance with its license terms.”

“While the interconnect agreement provides for a commissioning period of 90 days from the day Reliance Jio makes the payment, Airtel will work towards releasing the points of interconnect well ahead of the contractual obligation,” said Airtel.

The point was proved wrong by Jio.