Bharti Airtel told a DoT panel that its new “Priority Postpaid” service, launched May 19, does not violate net neutrality or hurt prepaid users.
Airtel said the plan uses 5G network slicing in a content-neutral way with “no blocking, throttling, content-specific prioritisation, zero-rating, or preferential treatment of any application.”
The telco added that 5G utilisation is only 38% in peak hours. Postpaid traffic is 4%, expected to reach 6% with the priority slice, while prepaid and other traffic still has ∼60% headroom.
Restricting such 5G features would “jeopardise the potential of 6G in the country,” Airtel said.
