Reliance Jio, Airtel and Vodafone-Idea want telecom department to take this ‘international call’ on Amazon, Netflix and others

Telecom operators are reportedly lobbying the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) to adopt the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India’s (TRAI) definition of international traffic, a change that could boost their SMS revenues by over Rs 400 crore annually.

According to a report in Economic Times, the Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI), whose members include Reliance Jio, Airtel and Vodafone-Idea, have sent a letter to the telecom secretary Neeraj Mittal. The letter has urged the DoT to incorporate Trai’s recommendations into existing unified license agreements and upcoming authorizations.