India, March 24 -- The row over cellular services on Metro Line 3 has grown more tangled, with telecom companies urging the metro operator to reverse its decision to appoint a fresh cellular infrastructure provider, and appoint Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd as its service provider.

The development comes a few days after internet connectivity on Metro Line 3, or the Aqua Line, ceased, after metro operator, Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation Limited (MMRCL), terminated its contract with ACES India, which had set up telecom infrastructure along the 33.5-km metro corridor.

According to MMRCL, the contract was terminated because ACES could not meet the key requirement of on-boarding at least three telecom service providers, that is, Airtel, RJIL and ...