Vodafone complains to Trai on Jio's 'Summer Surprise' offer
NEW DELHI: Vodafone has accused Jio of continuing with the `Summer Surprise' offer despite regulator Trai's advisory -issued on Thursday -to withdraw it from the market.
Jio, however, brushed off the allegation and said, “we are pained to note such continued and deliberate attempts by competitors to create unnecessary confusion in the market,“ Jio said in a statement issued late in the evening.
Vodafone made the protest in a letter to Trai on Monday, as it accused Jio of engaging in “blatant violation“ of regulatory issues by continuing with the offer despite the advisory to pull the plug on the scheme.The complaint comes on a day when Bharti Enterprises chairman Sunil Mittal met senior Trai officials.
Jio said its statement issued last week had made it clear that the offer would be with drawn as soon as it is “operationally feasible“. “Please refer to our press release of April 6, wherein we made it clear that Jio Summer Surprise will be withdrawn as soon as it is operationally feasible, in compliance with the regulator's advice,“ the company said, adding that customers who have subscribed to the offer prior to its discontinuation will remain eligible.
“For past three days, it has been luring customers to quickly recharge to avail the benefits of a non-compliant offer and also asking its retailers to communicate the same,“ sources said, while speaking about Vodafone's complaint filed with the regulator. “In our view, such promotion of an offer held as non-compliant, is a blatant violation and disregard of Trai's advisory.“
Jio, however, brushed off the allegation and said, “we are pained to note such continued and deliberate attempts by competitors to create unnecessary confusion in the market,“ Jio said in a statement issued late in the evening.
Vodafone made the protest in a letter to Trai on Monday, as it accused Jio of engaging in “blatant violation“ of regulatory issues by continuing with the offer despite the advisory to pull the plug on the scheme.The complaint comes on a day when Bharti Enterprises chairman Sunil Mittal met senior Trai officials.
Jio said its statement issued last week had made it clear that the offer would be with drawn as soon as it is “operationally feasible“. “Please refer to our press release of April 6, wherein we made it clear that Jio Summer Surprise will be withdrawn as soon as it is operationally feasible, in compliance with the regulator's advice,“ the company said, adding that customers who have subscribed to the offer prior to its discontinuation will remain eligible.
“For past three days, it has been luring customers to quickly recharge to avail the benefits of a non-compliant offer and also asking its retailers to communicate the same,“ sources said, while speaking about Vodafone's complaint filed with the regulator. “In our view, such promotion of an offer held as non-compliant, is a blatant violation and disregard of Trai's advisory.“
