Airtel gets payment from Jio for new poIs; joint testing now

Bharti Airtel sought Jio’s cooperation for timely testing and commissioning of the network ports.
•    Airtel said interconnect agreement provides for a commissioning period of 90 days.
•    The telecom operator said it has ensured there are no capacity constraints from its end. 
•    We hope Jio will extend its full cooperation to ensure timely testing and commissioning of the PoIs it said in a statement. 
•    Airtel released ‘demand notes’ for the additional PoIs on September 14 itself.
•    The payment against the demand notes was received in parts by Airtel on September 15, 2016 and September 16, 2016.
•    As per the bilateral agreement, Airtel and Jio will now have to jointly undertake the physical connection and testing of the PoIs. 
•    Consequent to successful testing of the PoIs, these will be opened for traffic.