The Federal Communications Commission's chair Ajit Pai and the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India's RS Sharma are speaking at FICCI e-FRAMES 2020. Jyoti Jindgar Bhanot from the Competition Commission of India and Atul Kumar Tiwari, IAS are also on the panel discussion. Follow along on their remarks below. Watch live here. Live updates 7:10pm: Ajit Pai on his legacy (after quipping that he's not going anywhere): Making technology like broadband and technology available for more Americans. RS Sharma: One milestone which was achieved was the digitisation of the entire network. This has ensured that there is transparency in how much subscribers there are. In the analog era, that was not there. While everyone else in the value chain had gotten the benefits of digitisation, the consumers were not getting the benefits of that. We have ensured consumer is beneficiary in that process. If every channel is forced on every consumer, that's not a fair deal. We ensured that the consumer gets to purchase what he wants to watch, and pay only for that. In terms of size, the broadcasting sector is small compared to telecom sector. But the number of disputes that happens from broadcast is 95% of all disputes. After the new framework came in, the number of new disputes came down. We believe there are fewer disputes among service providers, MSOs, broadcasters, and other cable TV operators. If those disputes are reduced, there is certain amount of clarity and transparency. The fewer the disputes, the more people will be…
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