Airtel, Voda, Idea, others denying inter-connect: Ringo

Airtel, Voda, Idea, others denying inter-connect: Ringo

FPJ BureauUpdated: Thursday, May 30, 2019, 12:04 PM IST
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New Delhi : Calling app company Ringo has alleged that telecom players Bharti Airtel, Vodafone, Idea and Aircel are not providing it network inter-connection to start Internet telephony to provide 50-60 per cent cheaper calls.

“We have obtained unified licence for telecom service in Mumbai and have applied for permit in rest of the country.

Telecom operators except BSNL are not providing us inter-connection,” Ringo co-founder and CEO Bhavin Turakhia told reporters here. There was no response to the queries sent to the mobile operators on the allegations levelled.

Ringo plans to provide calling service with the help of a mobile application which will work when its customer has 3G, 4G or a wi-fi connection. The application will link each customer of Ringo with a mobile number.

The subscriber will then be able to make a call on any mobile or landline number in the country.

Turakhia said Ringo through its subsidiary, VMobi, received unified licence in February and has had multiple discussions with telecom operators.

“Airtel, Vodafone, Idea Cellular and Aircel have said they will provide inter-connection only if we do not start Internet telephony. The service has been allowed by the government in 2008. We have agreed to pay inter-connection usage charge prevailing as per law, but still they are not giving us PoIs to start our service,” Turakhia said.

Reliance Jio recently had similar issues with Airtel, Vodafone and Idea on the number of PoIs that the Mukesh Ambani-led firm requested for.

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