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STel, Etisalat told to restore services till licence expires
Wednesday April 11, 2012 08:01:06 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi: The telecom regulator Wednesday
directed STel and Etisalat to resume their services in full till
their licences are actually cancelled following a Supreme Court
order.
"Restore all network connectivity, ensure continuity of service to
its subscribers and maintain the quality of service till its
licence is operational," TRAI said in a separate directives after
it was reported that the two operators have shut shop before the
June 2 timeline.
TRAI also asked the firms to file compliance reports within three
days.
According to a clause of the Unified Access Service Licence, the
licencee shall ensure continuity of services to its customers
unless the licence is terminated or suspended by the licensor for
any reason.
The licencee is also supposed to give a notice of at least 60 days
before surrendering its licence and inform its customers about
this 30 days in advance.
The Supreme Court, in a Feb 2 order, had cancelled 122 licences,
badly affecting firms such as STel, Etisalat, Uninor and Sistema
Shyam Teleservices (SSTL). The apex court also said the direction
"shall become operative after four months".
However, STel, which had acquired licences to operate in six
circles - Orissa, Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, northeast, Assam and
Jammu & Kashmir - and has 3.4 million customers, has already shut
down its networks in all the circles.
"We have shut down our networks in all the circles and are helping
our customers port to other networks through mobile number
portability (MNP)," a STel executive told IANS.
The firm, a joint venture between Batelco and Sky City Foundation,
owned by former Aircel promoter and serial entrepreneur C.
Sivasankaran, has said it is in the process of having final
settlement with associated firms.
Abu Dhabi-based Etisalat also said it had shut down its India
operations effective March 31. The company too had told its over
1.6 million customers to shift to other telecom operators through
MNP. It had operations in 15 circles.
The company had announced Feb 22 its plans of shutting down the
India network and launched legal proceedings against its Indian
joint venture partners, Swan Telecom and Dynamix Balwas (DB)
Group, for fraud and misrepresentation.
Another player, Loop Telecom, has also said it will cease its
operations in India with effect from June 1 or earlier on
successful port-out of all its subscribers.
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