New Delhi, Dec. 31 -- Flying in or out of the newly opened Navi Mumbai International Airport(NMIA)? Do not be surprised if your phone struggles to connect to a network - whether it is Airtel, Jio, Vodafone, or any telecom company service that you are using inside the terminal. The disruption stems from an ongoing tussle between private telcos and the Adani-run airport over who gets to provide telecom services at the airport and at what rates.

In a letter to the telecom secretary on Tuesday, 30 December, the Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) said that the Department of Telecommunications' (DoT) intervention was crucial to ensure compliance with the statutory Right of Way (RoW) framework, preservation of competitive neutrality...