In a breather to Vodafone Idea, the Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT) on Friday allowed the telco to get new customers for its premium tariff plans. The TDSAT, while posting the matter for August 17, said the direction issued by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) to suspend the premium plans lacked prima facie reasons.
Vodafone Idea had moved the TDSAT after Trai put on hold the premium plans offered by telcos. Through a communication last weekend, the regulator had asked Vodafone Idea and Bharti Airtel to stop offering the plans, citing discrimination to other customers. The