New Delhi : An ex-Supreme Court judge has responded to the legal opinion sought by Reliance Jio. In which it has been said that the consultation paper of Telecom Regulator TRAI on spectrum allocation for satellite communication has been ignored. In fact, TRAI's consultation paper has completely sidelined the issue of level playing field with the terrestrial telecom network.
It is believed that Reliance Jio has filed a complaint against former Supreme Court judge L. on the consultation paper issued by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI). The legal opinion received from Nageshwar Rao has been submitted. Reliance Jio has urged telecom regulator TRAI to bring out a revised document on spectrum allocation for satellite communications. It has alleged that it ignores the important point of ensuring a level playing field between satellite and terrestrial services.
Department of Telecommunications specifically requested
Rao, on the legal opinion sought by Reliance Jio, said that in the present facts the issue of level playing field with terrestrial access services has been completely sidelined in the consultation letter issued by TRAI. This resulted in stakeholders being deprived of the opportunity to provide comments and the opportunity to engage in consultation before making recommendations, as specifically requested by DoT.
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Gross breach of transparency obligations
He said that by not inviting comments on the aspect of level playing field with terrestrial access services, TRAI is in gross violation of its transparency obligations under the TRAI Act. The company had earlier written to TRAI Chairman Anil Kumar Lahoti to amend the consultation letter to recommend terms and conditions for spectrum allocation for certain satellite-based commercial communication services, but the regulator rejected the company's request. Was. Let us tell you that last year too, Reliance Jio had presented Rao's legal advice to TRAI, in which he had said that allocating spectrum in any other way without auction cannot be constitutionally correct.
(with agency input)
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