Draft Telecom Bill

Telecom operators' body COAI on November 22 made a strong pitch for OTT (over-the-top) communication services to directly compensate telcos for data traffic they are driving onto the networks, as it advocated a licensing and light-touch…

The Broadband India Forum (BIF) has asserted that Over-The-Top (OTT) communications service should be excluded from the elements mentioned in the definition of telecommunication services, as the industry body gave its submissions on the…

Within days of releasing the draft telecom billfor public comments, the government has received feedback that penal provisions for violation of norms on privacy of users need to be tightened further. These are expected to be incorporated…

In a move that could offer mobile phone users a big relief from spam calls and fraudulent messages, the government has proposed to make it mandatory that the identity of a person sending a message or calling should be visible to the…

NEW DELHI: Top social media giants such as WhatsApp, Facebook, Instagram and Twitter should be brought under the ambit of a telecom services licence in India, the draft telecom billhas proposed. It added that the companies will need to…

Toughening its stand against video communication and calling apps, the Centre has proposed to bring Meta-owned WhatsApp, Zoom, and Google Duo under the ambit of telecom license, as written in the draft of the Indian Telecommunication Bill…

The central government is currently working on two major legislation on telecom and cyber, electronics and information technology minister Ashwini Vaishnaw has said. About the telecom bill, the union minister said that the draft legislation…