In no particular order, here are MediaNama’s top 10 stories of the week ended 12th February 2017 MediaNama would like to thank its sponsors: Indian Express, Bruce Clay, Google and E2E for their support. UIDAI shuts down 24 services for illegal Aadhaar data collection The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has taken action against 12 websites and 12 mobile apps (from the Play Store), which provided Aadhaar related services illegally, and has had them shut down. The agency has further directed to close down 26 more websites and apps, although it did not name any of the culprits. However, we feel UIDAI should have also named and listed the culprits on a separate page, which users could share to avoid getting scammed and raise public awareness about such scams. Read it here Airtel files counter complaint with CCI questioning Jio’s free services: report New entrant Reliance Jio is abusing “dominant position” by involving in predatory pricing practices through its free promotional services, Airtel has said in a counter complaint with the competition commission of India (CCI), according to this ET report. It added that Jio is a dominant player in the telecom industry since “it’s a subsidiary of Reliance Industries Limited (RIL), which is the largest enterprise in India in terms of size, revenues, assets, and value.” Read it here ‘Idea merger deal will help build stronger asset base, not an exit strategy’: Vodafone CEO Vittorio Colao Responding to whether the Idea merger talks is an exit strategy, Vodafone…
