Airtel CEO Vittal writes to heads of Jio, Vi, BSNL & Tata Tele, wants cos to share details of corporate connections

The fight against spam calls and messages could see the otherwise bitterly competitive Indian telecom operators joining forces. Bharti Airtel CEO Gopal Vittal has written to the heads of rivals Reliance Jio, Vodafone Idea, state-run Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) and Tata Teleservices to establish a system of sharing details of corporate connections used for commercial calling, in order to monitor and prevent the misuse of such connections. The telecom department (DoT) and the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) have been asking the industry to collaborate on finding a solution.