"COAI will approach Trai to request that implementation by the industry be kept in abeyance until the Supreme Court hears and decides on the matter until March 10, 2016," COAI said in a statement.
Supreme Court today declined any interim relief to telecom companies against the Delhi High Court's order upholding Trai's decision making it mandatory for them to compensate subscribers for call drops from January 1, 2016.
The telcos had termed the regulation as arbitrary and whimsical contending that providing compensation to consumers amounted to interfering with companies' tariff structure which could be done only by order, not regulation.
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