Metro Line 3: MMRC’s decision to rope-in third-party vendor violates Telecom Act, say telcos

NEW DELHI: Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel, and Vodafone Idea (Vi) have strongly opposed the Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation’s (MMRC) decision to award telecom infrastructure deployment on Metro Line 3 to a third-party IP-1 vendor, arguing that the move is “anti-consumer” and violates Telecommunications Act, 2023.