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India rewrites China FDI rulebook with 'securonomics' pivotIndia has recently revised its foreign investment policies for countries that share a land border, as detailed in Press Note 2 of 2026. Dep...- IAMAI alleges Trai attempts to regulate OTT platformsIndustry body IAMAI claims Trai is overstepping its bounds. Proposed rules for spam calls may unfairly target over-the-top platforms like W...
- Telcos vs OTT apps: Trai's spam rules spark row with Bharti Airtel, Reliance Jio, Vodafone IdeaTelcos such as Bharti Airtel, Reliance Jio and Vodafone Idea as well as the Cellular Operators Association of India were united in their de...
- How a critical sector was saved from 'Indigo-isation'India's aviation market is heavily concentrated, with IndiGo and Air India dominating. Recent IndiGo cancellations highlight the risks of t...
- India weighs greater phone-location surveillance; Apple, Google and Samsung protestThe Indian government is reviewing a telecom industry proposal to force smartphone makers to keep satellite-based location tracking (A-GPS)...
- BIF slams SIM-binding directions for msg apps; calls for talks, pause on implementation timelinesBroadband India Forum has raised significant concerns regarding a new government directive. This rule mandates messaging apps remain linked...
- Govt's Sanchar Saathi and SIM-binding mandates a privacy concern, may hit business model: ExpertsNew government directives for OTT apps and phone makers are causing concern. These rules mandate SIM binding for communication apps and pre...
- DoT's draft eSecurity rules draw fresh flak from telcos, expertsThe rules broaden the scope of traffic data collection and analysis, potentially bringing non-licensee entities like over-the-top (OTT) pla...
- Digital rules? Not EU's wayIndia's Competition Act, amended in 2023, provides a flexible framework for addressing anti-competitive conduct in the digital economy, neg...
- New Telecom Bill draft: TRAI-ing again for that right balanceThe Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) is rethinking the regulation of communication services provided by technology companies. T...
- Broadcasting is I&B's and IT's remitGoI is trying to contemporise telecom laws as part of a future-ready digital regulatory framework. Some bits of the regulatory architecture...
- Why the draft telecom bill falls short of the new law India’s dynamic digital economy needsLicensing communication apps is a bad idea. You cannot raise capital for a project that might not get a licence on completion. No licence c...
- To connect telecom to the 21st centurySince the intent of regulating OTT players is not based on telecom companies' revenue loss considerations, the change is forward-looking. A...
- View: The core issues for regulators in India are inadequate autonomy and lack of parliamentary accountabilityThe telecom regulator of Brazil, National Agency of Telecommunications (Anatel), is not hierarchically subordinate to a government agency. ...
- PIL in SC seeks scrapping of Trai's new regulation on checking pesky calls/SMSesThe petition is premised on a judgment by the nine-judge bench headed by KS Puttaswamy which declared the right to privacy as a fundamental...
- Tech giants get ready to reply to TRAI, worry over losing control on dataTrai has sought responses on required data protection regulations, user consent, data ownership, rights and responsibilities of data contro...
- Defence sector 'hamstrung' by fears of regulatory censure: Anil AmbaniAmbani suggested a Sovereign Defence Fund on PPP model, while he also sought infrastructure industry status to aerospace to pave way for ea...
- Upcoming drug-pricing policy suffers a host of anomaliesExtending price control to all “essential” medicines implies massive regulatory overreach, especially given the widespread problem of subst...
- Sunday ET: 2G spectrum: Upshot of failed auctions and way ahead for telecom sectorThe govt can learn from this auction and let the market discover the price of a natural resource on its own, say analysts.
- The real issue in telecom is not tariffs: TRAI chairman Rahul KhullarOne of the few trained economists in government, Rahul Khullar opened up to ET about the real issues facing the telecom sector in his inimi...
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