In no particular order, here are MediaNama’s top 10 stories of the week ended 29th January 2017 MediaNama would like to thank its sponsors: Indian Express, Bruce Clay, Google and E2E for their support. PhonePe maintains that it allows interoperability on the UPI PhonePe says that it allows customers to login with their preferred virtual payment address (VPA) and does not make it mandatory for users to login to the app with a YES Bank handle, founders Rahul Chari and Sameer Nigam clarified in blog post. “Users who’re registered with PhonePe can save their preferred CC/DC card details and won’t need to enter 16 digit card nos every time. Similarly, they’ll be able save their preferred UPI VPAs (including non-ybl handles) with us if they choose to do so,” the post mentioned. Read it here Indian ISPs block Streamable; Airtel runs ads on block page Indian ISPs have blocked Streamable, an internet based video streaming service which is used by publishers and bloggers for embedding and monetizing content. We checked, and when accessed on Airtel (mobile) from Delhi, the website features a notice which states “your requested URL has been blocked as per directions received from Department of Telecommunications, Government of India. Please contact administrator for more information.” Read it here Existing subscriber base should be verified under Aadhaar eKYC: TRAI India’s telecom regulator TRAI recommends (pdf) that the existing subscriber base should be verified under the Aadhaar-based eKYC (Know Your Customer) process to weed out SIM cards acquired using…
