Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT): In a relief
to Sistema Shyam Tele Services and Unitech Wirelss, Telecom Disputes
Settlement and Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT) has stayed the direction of
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) removing 90-day processing
period for mobile number portability (MNP) for customers of those
operators whose licences the Supreme Court has cancelled.
A TDSAT bench said Trai can’t discriminate between the operators whose
licences have been cancelled and those who are operating. TDSAT further
said Trai can’t take rights of Uninor and MTS to compete with their
rivals till their licences are valid. TDSAT’s order came on petitions
filed by SSTL and Unitech Wireless, saying that removing the mandatory
90-day processing time for MNP for those whose licences have been
cancelled will open them poaching. (Sistema Shyam Tele Services Ltd. v.
TRAI, Appeal No. 13 of 2012, decided on July 20, 2012)
