IAMAI, BIF oppose telco's demands to regulate OTTs, charge 'fair share'Industry groups including ITI, ADIF, IAMAI, and BIF have opposed telcos' demand to regulate over-the-top (OTT) services and charge fees, ci...
05 Oct, 2023, 10.43 PM IST
Demands for fair share charge on OTT companies smack of rent-seeking: IAMAIThe Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) on Thursday once again countered the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India's (TRAI) pr...
28 Sep, 2023, 07.01 PM IST
Startups bat for net-neutrality, 128 founders write to TRAIIn February 2016, Trai issued the Prohibition of Discriminatory Tariffs for Data Services Regulations restricting the discriminatory prices...
27 Sep, 2023, 12.54 AM IST
IAMAI, CUTS write to TRAI over concerns on OTT regulation consultation paperTRAI had kicked off its much-anticipated consultation process on the question of regulating over-the-top (OTT) apps such as WhatsApp, Teleg...
01 Sep, 2023, 06.01 AM IST
IAMAI and CUTS write to TRAI highlighting concerns on OTT regulation consultation paperTwo industry bodies, the Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) and Consumer Unity & Trust Society (CUTS), have expressed concern...
31 Aug, 2023, 10.18 PM IST
Telcos slam app makers, call them ‘free riders’The comments from Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI), which represent the top telcos, came a day after the Broadband India Foru...
02 Dec, 2022, 09.54 AM IST
ETSA panel to discuss ‘The Great Reset’; crypto investors seek more transparencyThe Indian startup ecosystem is feeling the reverberations of the global tech turbulence wrought by inflationary pressures and high interes...
15 Nov, 2022, 07.26 AM IST
OTT cos, internet bodies question regulation logic“Identifying Rich Interaction Applications (RIAs) as comparable to telecom services is highly reductionist and unjustified,” IAMAI has said...
23 Jan, 2019, 08.31 AM IST
Telcos, internet firms for lawful interception of OTT messagesFirms tell Trai that access is critical for investigation of criminal, anti-national and anti-social activities on internet apps & services.
09 Jan, 2019, 11.42 PM IST
Telcos may soon offer calls over Internet like Whatsapp, SkypeInternet-based calls offered by the likes of Skype and Whatsapp at sharply lower costs than telcos was the trigger for the net neutrality d...
01 Jun, 2016, 09.31 AM IST
Rahul Gandhi attacks government over net neutrality issueThe Congress Vice President said he was aware that past few months haven't been easy for Free Internet and Net Neutrality activists.
31 Jan, 2016, 01.25 PM IST
Net Neutrality: Regulate Internet-based calls, disallow Internet.org-like app, says DoT panelAt the same time, the panel approved allowing zero rating platform after telecom operators compared it with a toll-free number.
17 Jul, 2015, 03.00 AM IST
Airtel Zero, internet.org defeat net neutrality concept: MTNLMTNL has said Bharti Airtel's 'zero rating plan' and RCom's 'internet.org' scheme defeat the basic concept of net neutrality.
17 May, 2015, 12.42 PM IST
'Licence regime for OTTs like WhatsApp, Skype to result in negative consequences'Bringing over-the-top (OTT) players like WhatsApp and Skype under a licensing regime will result in "negative unforeseen consequences" for ...
11 May, 2015, 09.55 PM IST