Airtel's ads violate law, R-Jio tells regulator

Jio sought penalty on Airtel for violating the regulator's direction on transparency in rates

Reliance Jio has approached the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai), seeking its intervention in imposing penalty on Bharti Airtel for the telco’s "misleading advertisements" on unlimited free calls. 

In a letter to Trai, Reliance Jio sought penalty on Bharti Airtel for violating the regulator’s direction on transparency in rates. The advertisements issued by Airtel for both pre-paid and post-paid rate packs were in gross violation of telecommunication laws, the new operator Jio said.

On January 3, Airtel announced a scheme under which it would offer 12-month free data to those switching to its 4G service. The existing Airtel consumers, too, can