Jio writes to TRAI regarding hurdles created by Vi for its users who are keen to port
By MYBRANDBOOK
Reliance Jio has written a complaint to the industry watchdog Telecom Regulatory Authority of India stating that Vodafone Idea (Vi) is making it difficult for entry-level customers to port out to a different telecom provider.
During the last few weeks, the telecom players - Jio, Airtel and Vi have hiked their prepaid tariffs in the range of 20 to 25%.
The entry level plan of Vi is Rs 99 but this offer does not have free SMS services. To avail of that, a Vi user needs to opt for a Rs 179 plan, which in addition offers unlimited calling, 300 SMS and 2GB of data.
Jio’s prepaid plan with free SMS service starts from Rs 91 for 23 days, for non-Jio Phone users.
In the letter to Trai, Jio has claimed that Vi hiked tariffs on the lowest prepaid pack with free SMS to Rs 179 so as to restrict prepaid users from porting out of the network.
A user has to send an SMS from the existing network to port to a different network. This means that customers wanting to send an SMS will have to pay more. Lower-end customers may not want to buy the more expensive plan, and the ones who have already paid for the new plan would not want to shift to a new network, creating a hurdle for customers looking to change networks.
According to sources, the regulator was looking into the matter.
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