New Delhi, Feb. 18 -- The department of telecommunications (DoT) has stepped in to solve the network crisis at Navi Mumbai International Airport (NMIA), asking operator Adani Group to allow telecom companies to deploy network at the airport in accordance with the statutory framework.

In a letter dated 16 February to Adani Airport Holdings Ltd, the DoT said NMIA qualifies as a 'public entity' under the Telecom Act, 2023, and therefore it is required to allow telecos to deploy the network.

The intervention from the telecom department has come at a time when passengers have been complaining about the absence of mobile network from private telecom operators. Notably, telcos alleged that the airport operator asked them to utilise its own exc...