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\nSpeaking to reporters on the sidelines of the Mobile World Congress Monday, Colao said that the regulatory environment in India continued to be “too complicated” and decision-making still slow but added that the UK telecom major will continue to compete aggressively in the South Asian market through the merger of its India unit with Idea Cellular which was on track.
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\nColao though lauded finance minister Arun Jaitley’s recent comments at the Economic Times Global Business Summit, that the decision to tax Vodafone Group retrospectively, taken by the UPA 2 government, was 'erroneous' and that the present government will not be going down that path.
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But the latest tariff order by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai<\/a>) on predatory pricing rankled Colao.
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“We believe Trai’s predatory pricing regulation favours Jio<\/a> and it should be legally challenged,” Vodafone’s top executive said. “We want fair competition. We are not in agreement with that Trai regulation.”
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\nLess than two weeks back, Trai had amended its tariff order, saying predatory pricing henceforth will be determined on the basis of average variable cost and whether there is specific intention on the part of a carrier to reduce or kill competition. It also changed the definition of significant market power (SMP), which a telco needs to have for any of its plans to be deemed predatory, to an operator with more than a 30% share by either subscriber base or gross revenue. Earlier, the SMP parameters included volume of traffic, including data, and switching capacity.
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India’s older operators Bharti Airtel, Vodafone India and Idea Cellular, through industry<\/a> body Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI), and analysts have said that Trai’s latest rules favour Jio. COAI has also warned of moving court against the order and urged urgent government intervention. Trai and Jio have termed COAI’s charges as baseless, with the regulator saying the aggrieved carriers are free to go the legal route. Jio has also threatened legal action against COAI and its director general Rajan Mathews for defamatory and malicious allegations, unless they apologize.
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\nIn a note to clients, brokerage BNP Paribas said the tariff order “restricts predatory pricing by players with more than 30% subscriber\/revenue market share (read: Bharti Airtel, Idea-Vodafone combine) but puts no restrictions on promotions of Jio (with 13-14% share), which is the dominant player in data with four times more volumes than Bharti or Idea-Vodafone”.
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MWC2018:火车秩序掠夺性定价Jio倾向于依赖,沃达丰的维托里奥·科劳说
首席执行官维托里奥·科劳odafone集团称电信监管机构的新规定对掠夺性定价有利于依赖Jio Infocomm
巴塞罗那:沃达丰(Vodafone)集团首席执行官维托里奥·科劳喊道电信有利于监管机构对掠夺性定价的新规定依赖JioInfocomm说它应该是合法的挑战,提高音调之间的持续战斗印度一侧老运营商和监管机构和新电信。
对记者周一移动世界大会期间,科劳说,印度的监管环境继续被“太复杂”和决策仍然缓慢,但补充说,英国电信主要在南亚市场将继续积极竞争与想法通过其印度子公司的合并细胞正轨。
Colao虽然称赞财政部长杰最近的评论在《经济时报》全球商业峰会上,决定税收沃达丰集团回顾性,UPA 2政府采取的是“错误的”,目前的政府不会走这条道路。
但最近关税令印度电信管理局(火车科劳)掠夺性定价激怒。
“我们认为火车是掠夺性定价监管支持Jio它应该具有法律挑战,”沃达丰的高管说。“我们希望公平竞争。我们不同意,火车监管。”
不到两周前,火车已经修改了关税,掠夺性定价说从今以后将决定的基础上平均可变成本和是否有特定意图的载体来减少或消灭竞争。也改变了重要市场力量(SMP)的定义,一个电信需要有任何的计划被认为是掠夺性的,经营者有超过30%的份额,用户数量或收入总额。早些时候,SMP参数包括体积流量,包括数据和转换能力。
印度的老运营商Bharti Airtel,沃达丰印度和细胞,通过行业身体印度手机运营商协会(COAI)和分析人士说,支持Jio火车的最新规则。COAI还警告称,法院对转移订单,并敦促紧急政府干预。火车和Jio称为COAI的指控是毫无根据的,监管机构表示愤愤不平的航空公司可以自由走法律途径。Jio也威胁采取法律行动反对COAI及其总经理Rajan Mathews诽谤和恶意指控,除非他们道歉。
经纪法国巴黎银行(BNP Paribas)在给客户的报告中说,关税秩序”限制掠夺性定价的球员有超过30%的用户/收入市场份额(阅读:Bharti Airtel, Idea-Vodafone结合),但将不限制促销Jio(13 - 14%的市场份额),这是占主导地位的球员数据与四倍比Bharti卷或Idea-Vodafone”。
(记者是在巴塞罗那的世界移动大会的邀请华为)。
对记者周一移动世界大会期间,科劳说,印度的监管环境继续被“太复杂”和决策仍然缓慢,但补充说,英国电信主要在南亚市场将继续积极竞争与想法通过其印度子公司的合并细胞正轨。
Colao虽然称赞财政部长杰最近的评论在《经济时报》全球商业峰会上,决定税收沃达丰集团回顾性,UPA 2政府采取的是“错误的”,目前的政府不会走这条道路。
但最近关税令印度电信管理局(火车科劳)掠夺性定价激怒。
“我们认为火车是掠夺性定价监管支持Jio它应该具有法律挑战,”沃达丰的高管说。“我们希望公平竞争。我们不同意,火车监管。”
不到两周前,火车已经修改了关税,掠夺性定价说从今以后将决定的基础上平均可变成本和是否有特定意图的载体来减少或消灭竞争。也改变了重要市场力量(SMP)的定义,一个电信需要有任何的计划被认为是掠夺性的,经营者有超过30%的份额,用户数量或收入总额。早些时候,SMP参数包括体积流量,包括数据和转换能力。
印度的老运营商Bharti Airtel,沃达丰印度和细胞,通过行业身体印度手机运营商协会(COAI)和分析人士说,支持Jio火车的最新规则。COAI还警告称,法院对转移订单,并敦促紧急政府干预。火车和Jio称为COAI的指控是毫无根据的,监管机构表示愤愤不平的航空公司可以自由走法律途径。Jio也威胁采取法律行动反对COAI及其总经理Rajan Mathews诽谤和恶意指控,除非他们道歉。
经纪法国巴黎银行(BNP Paribas)在给客户的报告中说,关税秩序”限制掠夺性定价的球员有超过30%的用户/收入市场份额(阅读:Bharti Airtel, Idea-Vodafone结合),但将不限制促销Jio(13 - 14%的市场份额),这是占主导地位的球员数据与四倍比Bharti卷或Idea-Vodafone”。
(记者是在巴塞罗那的世界移动大会的邀请华为)。
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