Majority of EU countries against network fee levy on Big Tech: reportAt a meeting with EU industry chief Thierry Breton in Luxembourg on Thursday, telecoms ministers from 18 countries either rejected the prop...
03 Jun, 2023, 08.37 PM IST
Majority of EU countries against network fee levy on Big TechTelecoms ministers from 18 countries either rejected or criticised the proposed network fee levy on tech firms at a meeting with EU industr...
03 Jun, 2023, 08.35 AM IST
EU regulators' group sides with Big Tech against telcos' network fee pushThe comments from The Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications (BEREC) to the European Commission which is now looking int...
19 May, 2023, 10.17 PM IST
Tech companies hit back at telcos, say operators should compensate apps insteadTech giants, including Google and Amazon, are protesting against calls to pay the cost of rolling out India's 5G networks. The telcos argue...
12 May, 2023, 01.19 PM IST
View: Consumers cannot be the collateral in OTT tussleAll regulations must be aimed at preserving and enhancing consumer interest. They must prevent unintended adverse consequences on consumers...
25 Apr, 2023, 05.36 PM IST
Far too much OTT about nothingMatters have come to a head between telecom operators and OTT players, with the former sending a formal letter to the telecom secretary dem...
02 Dec, 2022, 11.26 PM IST
BIF counters telecom industry demands over OTT usage of network infrastructureThe BIF’s submission came in response to Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI’s) November 25 letter to DoT, seeking a legal framew...
30 Nov, 2022, 06.25 PM IST
EU regulators group against big tech paying for telecom infrastructureThe findings by the Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications (BEREC) come as the European Commission is debating whether i...
12 Oct, 2022, 10.24 AM IST
Content, tech companies back separate body, but telcos want regulationContent players and technology cos backed an independent and powerful multi-stakeholder body that can work closely with DoT and Trai in mon...
25 Feb, 2020, 06.49 AM IST
Airtel calls for relook at net neutrality rules with 5G; telcos urge light touch TMP rulesTelcos, by contrast, want light touch regulation, with Reliance Jio Infocomm backing Bharti Airtel in saying there’s no real need to establ...
24 Feb, 2020, 08.03 PM IST
India-EU cooperating on data privacy, data protection issues: BERECIndia expects to finalise the draft and introduce the Bill in Parliament during the winter session.
26 Oct, 2018, 07.30 PM IST
India, Europe telecom regulators sign MoU, back net neutralityTrai and BEREC emphasised that the internet must remain an open and non-discriminatory platform, adding the goal of the MoU is to encourage...
15 Jun, 2018, 07.02 PM IST
We are interested in Aadhaar and Make in India: Sebastien Soriano, Chairman, Berec"We were quite impressed with the decision of Trai last year to ban Free Basics services and we wanted an exchange to understand if we have...
04 Apr, 2017, 12.47 AM IST
Net neutrality: Activists laud Trai's 'strongest, clearest ruling on zero-rating in world’"The world's largest democracy ruling in favour of net neutrality is going to reverberate across the world," says Nikhil Pahwa, one of the ...
09 Feb, 2016, 12.30 PM IST
European Parliament votes against Net NeutralityNet neutrality is the principle that all data should be treated equally, and that people should not be able to pay for preferential "fast l...
28 Oct, 2015, 10.12 AM IST