COAI Director General Dr. S.P. Kochhar dismissed reports of monopolistic rents by Mumbai Metro as baseless allegations.Kochhar argued that Mumbai Metro is trying to extract monopolistic and extortionate rents for providing mobile network connectivity.COAI stated that Mumbai Metro ignored TSPs' offer for a common network and instead appointed a third-party vendor with unviable rates.TSPs are willing to invest in setting up networks inside the metro but object to the alleged extortionate rates being charged by Mumbai Metro.