The telcos’ views, through industry body Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) comes after the Internet & Mobile Association of India (IAMAI), which has Amazon, Meta and the likes as its members, opposed such a levy, arguing that it goes against the principles of net neutrality.
“Certain entities with vested interests are misdirecting the issue of the need for a regulatory framework for the communication OTTs and the need of usage charge to be paid by OTTs to the TSPs (telecom service providers), by bringing in the aspect of net neutrality in a misleading manner, to make it a populist issue,” SP Kochhar, director general, COAI, said in a statement Monday. The body pointed out that net neutrality pertains to non-discriminatory treatment of content, which has no connection with the usage fee issue.
It said that the telcos are committed to follow the principles of net neutrality – or non-discriminatory access to the Internet – in accordance with their licence conditions.
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