Telecom operators association COAI opposes Mumbai Metro’s vendor-driven model for mobile services on Metro Line 3

New Delhi [India], April 21 (ANI): The Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI), representing India’s leading telecom service providers – Bharti Airtel, Reliance Jio and Vodafone Idea – has strongly opposed in what it termed as “illegal and anti-consumer model” adopted by Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation (MMRC) for provisioning telecom infrastructure on Metro Line 3 (Colaba-Bandra-Aarey corridor).

At the core of this issue is MMRC’s decision to award telecom infrastructure deployment to a third-party IP-I vendor.