COAI approaches Supreme Court against dual technology operators

Dual technology players continue to be under the cellular Operators Association of India?s (COAI) scanner.

After issuing a statement emphasising on the alleged losses caused by such companies to the national exchequer, COAI has now reportedly asked the Supreme Court to step into the issue.

COAI has asked the Court to withdraw the dual technology licences granted to Reliance communications (RCOM), Tata Teleservices Limited (TTSL) and HFCL in 2007 and redistribute the spectrum entailed.

According to the industry body, these licences were mala fide, in context of the Supreme Court?s verdict in the 2G spectrum case which terminated 122 mobile permits.

Further, COAI?s petition stated that the government’s decision to grant dual-technology licences was illegal, since this fell between September 2007 and March 2008, the same time other mobile permits were given which were annulled by the Supreme Court.