'Profit Mafia' Row Erupts at Navi Mumbai Airport: Shiv Sena MP Slams Telecom 'Monopoly'

• Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Priyanka Chaturvedi labels Adani Group's Navi Mumbai Airport (NMIA) management a "profit mafia" over poor mobile connectivity.
• Accusation stems from NMIAL allegedly denying telecom firms Right of Way (RoW) for 4G/5G infrastructure, forcing them to use an expensive airport-owned network.
• COAI (representing Jio, Airtel, Vodafone Idea) complains to DoT, citing "exorbitant" Rs 9.2 million/month charges and "monopolistic arrangement."
• NMIAL denies refusing access, accuses telecom companies of "cartelisation," and defends its in-house network as a security necessity.
• NMIAL states it welcomes individual TSPs to discuss rates and that state-owned BSNL is successfully testing its network.

Why It Matters: Navi Mumbai Airport faces "profit mafia" allegations amid telecom dispute over network access and charges.