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Bharti Airtel, Reliance Jio, and Vodafone Idea have been coordinated in their efforts to sway regulators into clamping down on OTT services.
The Asia Internet Coalition, a powerful industry association representing the interests of tech giants Amazon, Apple, Google and Meta in the Asia-Pacific region, is pushing back against proposals to consider tighter regulations for over-the-top (OTT) services in India, TechCrunch reported on Tuesday.
Telecom Service Providers (TSPs) Bharti Airtel, Reliance Jio and Vodafone Idea had urged the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) to consider tighter regulations on OTT services. This stems from TRAI’s consultation paper on building a framework for service authorisation under the Telecommunications Act, 2023.
TSPs had argued that OTT apps like WhatsApp, which bypass traditional telecom networks …
The loan aggregator keeps sending updates on WhatsApp even to users who haven’t applied for a loan. The company is exploiting a grey area in India’s telecom regulatory framework and WhatsApp’s policies.
Elon Musk’s satellite internet promises a new way to get online. How will it coexist with the country's telecom giants?
A quarter with subscriber gains portends well for the telecom operator, but its underlying metrics tell a more cautious story.
