Telecom Regulatory Authority of India on Wednesday dismissed mobile operators' allegations of being non-transparent while recommending criteria to allocate spectrum to existing players and said it has not violated any law.
On the other hand, GSM players' lobby Cellular Operators Association of India is considering approaching the Department of Telecom against Trai's recommendations, saying the regulator did not consult them before finalising its report.
"We are a regulator and expected to ensure enforcement of law... We cannot even dream of violating the law," Trai officials said on condition of anonymity.
COAI Director General T V Ramchandran said that even the calculations done by Trai for the purpose of allocation of additional spectrum were