News How The Telecom Bill 2022 Undermines The Potential of Internet: Internet Society’s Report Advocacy group Internet Society flagged several concerns with India's draft telecom bill, calling for its withdrawal and fresh consultations Akshit ChawlaNovember 11, 2022
News Deadline for comments on draft Telecom Bill extended to November 20! Deadline for stakeholder comments on the Telecom Bill extended again to November 20th as per a notification on the DoT website Vallari SanzgiriNovember 11, 2022
News Government Should Contribute Towards Interception Related Costs, Suggests Airtel Airtel wants the government and TSPs to share interception and security costs Akshit ChawlaNovember 10, 2022
News India should move away from oligopolistic market for spectrum: Amcham comments on DoT consultation paper The American industry body in India made recommendations on a consultation held before the draft telecom bill 2022 was released Vallari SanzgiriNovember 9, 2022
News OTT Communication Apps Should Bear Burden Like License Fee: SP Kochhar, COAI COAI says OTT players paying licence fee can ease telcos' contribution to USOF Akshit ChawlaNovember 9, 2022
News Amend Preamble, Clarify Definitions: IFF’s Comments On The Draft Telecom Bill 2022 The Internet Freedom Foundation has recommended changes in the telecom bill's preamble, definitions, and other provisions Akshit ChawlaNovember 7, 2022
News Revised Telecom Bill to have Definition of OTTs, TRAI’s Existing Powers To Continue: Ashwini Vaishaw The telecom and IT minister said to ET that TRAI will retain its recommending powers, and OTTs will be better defined in the revised... Akshit ChawlaOctober 31, 2022
News Draft Telecom Bill 2022: Does KYC for telecom and online services violate privacy and anonymity? #NAMA We discussed how far the KYC requirements of the Telecom Bill 2022 managed to stop spam and frauds, and the impact on users' free... Vallari SanzgiriOctober 29, 2022
News Draft Telecom Bill 2022: Will the provisions create a regulatory overlap? #NAMA In our discussion on India's draft Telecom Bill 2022, attendees said it could create conflicts over jurisdictions and hamper rights MitakshOctober 29, 2022
News Draft Telecom Bill: Can the provision to intercept communications be legally challenged? #NAMA Changes in the telecom bill threaten encryption of OTTs, open the scope for mass surveillance, and mess with the network layer of the internet... Akshit ChawlaOctober 29, 2022