IBDF, IAMAI weighing options on final response to MIB's TV ratings reform planThe Indian Broadcasting and Digital Foundation (IBDF) and the Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) are currently deliberating o...
Chairperson, half of governing council must be from Indian firms: IAMAIAccording to a note circulated to members, the chairperson of the association will be the founder, cofounder, chairman, CEO, MD or executiv...
Entrepreneurs flag lack of ‘credence’ as IAMAI not representing their interests, favouring Big TechThis signals a deepening of the chasm between the interests of global internet majors such as Google and Facebook and that of the local sta...
Startup chiefs join fray for IAMAI electionsThose in the running include Harsh Jain of Dream 11, Rajesh Magow of Makemytrip, Sameer Nigam of PhonePe, Harshil Mathur of RazorPay, and A...
Chasm grows between Indian startups & internet body IAMAI; IT firms look to boost utilisation levels for better marginsIndian internet firms have given internet body IAMAI a thumbs-down, alleging that it has favoured Big Tech companies on multiple issues. Th...
Cred’s NBFC may raise $50-70 million; MapmyIndia CEO wants internet body IAMAI to reflect Indian voicesKunal Shah-owned Newtap Technologies, which acquired Parfait Finance, an RBI-registered NBFC, is in talks to raise equity capital from Cred...
Telcos-broadcasters spar over unified regulatory policyResponding to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India’s (Trai’s) consultation paper on Regulating Converged Digital Technologies and Serv...
IAMAI dismantles Blockchain and Crypto Assets Council; industry likely to create its own bodyDecision comes after heightened tensions between crypto exchanges and RBI on the legal status of crypto in India
Crypto players plan new industry body as IAMAI dismantles lobby groupThe differences between the two camps (IAMAI and BACC) had been simmering for many months, with crypto players feeling that IAMAI wasn’t do...
IAMAI dissolves BACC; industry says will continue to bat for regulationsIAMAI claimed that the association has limited resources and it would like to utilise them for other emerging digital sectors, which make a...
OTT platforms like Netflix, Amazon Prime Video to implement code of ethics for self-regulationIAMAI has finalised an ‘implementation toolkit’ even as the government has initiated consultations at the highest levels involving official...
IT Ministry looking for more efforts from social media to check misleading content amid COVID-19Social media companies have also been asked to save details of uploaders of such malicious content which can be shared with law enforcement...
Social media to join hands to fight fake news, hate speechThe proposed alliance — to be named the Information Trust Alliance (ITA) — will be a grouping of digital platforms and publishers, fact che...
India to overtake US internet user base by DecemberAccording to IAMAI and IMRB, the number of Internet users in India is expected to reach 402 million by December, registering a growth of 49...
Google finally speaks out on net neutrality, bats against zero rating"We would like to register strong protest against this formulation and would request you to remove this (Zero Rating) from the submission,"...
Digital commerce market to clock higher growth in 2014: IAMAIAt present, there are over 2.5 crore online buyers and more than 21.3 crore internet users in the country, according to the Association.
Online railway ticket bookings jump to 14.02 mnOnline railway ticket bookings grew almost three-fold in March, showing that more people are opting to digital medium for travel planning.