Operators have obligation to provide interconnectivity: Ambani

Mumbai, Sept 1 (PTI) Pointing to 5 crore call failuressuffered by RJio customers last week due to interconnectivityissues with existing networks, RIL Chairman Mukesh Ambanitoday asked incumbent operators to fulfil their "obligation"without delay. "Last week Jio customers suffered 5 crore call failures toother networks due to insufficient interconnect capacity…operators should to fulfill their obligation to provideinterconnectivity without delay so that no Jio customersuffers," Ambani said. He said operators also have an obligation not to limitcustomers’ right to migrate to Jio using mobile numberportability. Reliance Jio has accused incumbent players of notreleasing sufficient interconnection ports during its test runof services, while the existing operators (under the aegis ofCOAI) have dubbed its testing of network as an effort tobypass regulations. PTI MBISA