Will resolve Reliance Jio's interconnect issue soon: Telecom Min

The telecom regulator is all set to hear out the incumbent players in a meeting

scheduled

tomorrow to resolve the ongoing dispute involving Reliance Jio and incumbent telecom

operators such as Airtel, Vodafone and Idea over inter-connecting points.

The telecom regulator is all set to hear out the incumbent players in a meeting scheduled

 tomorrow to resolve the ongoing dispute involving Reliance Jio and incumbent telecom

operators such as Airtel , Vodafone and Idea over inter-connecting points. Speaking to

CNBC-TV18's Prerna Baruah, Telecom Minister Manoj Sinha said the interconnect issue

will be resolved very soon Below is the verbatim transcript of Manoj Sinha\\'s interview to

Prerna Baruah on CNBC-TV18. Q: When will the interconnect issue will be resolved? A:

Hopefully, the new entrant has got that requisite number of point of interconnect and if there

is any issue, I think Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has called a meeting on

September 9 and TRAI will resolve it. Q: TRAI has called for a meeting, but as the

department will you not take any action on this matter with the consultation with the TRAI

itself to address the concern. A: See, they have already called a meeting, it is their

jurisdiction and hopefully it will be resolved on September 9. Q: Another lacuna in the

licensing norms, the second concern which the incumbents are focussing right now, is that

there is no clarity on the licensing parameters, so will there be any review on licensing

norms going further? A: I don’t think that there is any such question has been by the

participants. They have already clarified their every query and we hold a conference with

them and all their queries have been already answered by the department and I don’t there

is any such issue.