Airtel, Vodafone and Reliance Jio have all reduced call ringing time while TRAI decides on regulations

Because Jio has the largest voice customers in the country due to Jio phone sales thus making this type of mess to earn more money.. There are some blind Jio bhaktas over the internet who praised Jio as Saint after all he is a cunning business man who will do anything to earn more money. My main concern is it is leading to inconvenience to the customers.
 
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People familiar with matter at Airtel and Vodafone Idea (VIL), who asked not to be named, blamed the Mukesh Ambani-led telco for recently limiting the duration of rings for calls being made from its network to just 20 seconds – or just 4-5 rings – which triggers a call-back, aimed at ensuring a call terminates on Jio’s network, generating interconnect revenue for the telecom market leader.
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Ref: India's richest man and his rivals are fighting over missed calls - ET Telecom

For the last two incoming calls, the rings were heard only for about 20 seconds only. Both calls are from Jio 4G. I was blaming my friends & family on why they don't give me full rings and cut the ring before I answer them. It is bit irritating as I had to unlock the phone and call back that wastes about another 20 - 40 seconds. Now I know why. Another fight among the mobile operators. Usually consumers get benefits out of it. This time, consumers are taken for a ride.
 
Yes, I too noticed it recently. Ring for 20secs only. Feels like the network has disconnected between ringing.

Finally, I'm back on BSNL 3g. Data speeds are not enough to compete with other 4g providers, but still better than indoor Jio 4g. + getting that old ring time.

What I don't understand is by being an IP network how can they save money by reducing ringing time!
 
I read today some article on this tactic of Jio. They are exploiting human psychology. When we see missed calls, we will call the callee back. If they are from non-jio network, jio will earn money.
 
That's true. It's called IUC (Interconnection Usage Charge) paid by the calling operator to the called operator.
 
It had become so annoying that I ported out to Airtel. And the cherry on the cake is that data speeds are over twice as fast on Airtel compared to that of Jio. What I also noticed is that Airtel to Airtel VoLTE calls are better in quality than Jio to Jio VoLTE calls.
 
Airtel pulls a Jio, reduces call ringing time to 25 seconds
  • Airtel said, despite its repeated requests for the last 7-8 weeks, Trai has neither directed Jio to restore the timer to its original 45 seconds nor issued any general direction to all operators to set the timer to 30 seconds as proposed by the majority of operators.
  • In the absence of any direction from TRAI and to prevent further loss of IUC (interconnect usage charge), we are left with no other option than to reduce the timer in our network as well: Airtel
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As usual, Jio is dictating the rules and regulations in the Mobile sector.
 
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