Accused of cartelisation, CCI sends notice to Airtel, Vodafone, Jio, Idea

Competition Commission of India (CCI) on Thursday slapped notices on telecom companies like Bharti Airtel, Vodafone India, Reliance Jio, Idea Cellular, for cartelisation, sources told Aseem Manchanda.

On a PIL @CCI_India Slaps notice on Airtel,Vodafone, Idea, COAI, @reliancejio for poor QoS by alleged cartelization @ZeeBusiness

— Aseem Manchanda (@aseemmanchanda) January 19, 2017

CCI has sought clarification from these telecom companies by Friday January 20, 2017. 

A retired judge of Delhi High Court had filed the petition with CCI accusing the telecom companies for alleged cartelisation harming the quality of services. 

In November 2016, Reliance Jio moved CCI against Airtel, Idea and Vodafone for forming a cartel and creating challenges for it to enter the market. 

After Jio's entry, the telecom companies have been fighting for market share hence providing huge offers to their customers. Amid the 'price war' the quality of service provided by the telcos has been affected.