New Delhi: Top Mobile Companies Reliance Jio, Airtel And Vodafone Idea complained to the Telecom Regulatory TRAI on Wednesday which is popular OTT platform As if WhatsApp, FacebookWire, Instagram And Skype Area threat to national security, He sought a regulatory and licensing regime for internet-based communication companies to ensure that they follow the country’s rules and guidelines.
In a meeting with TRAI chairman PD Vaghela, telcos led by Airtel CEO Gopal Vittal and senior executives from Jio, Vodafone Idea, Tata Tel and BSNL said that mobile companies should be subjected to stricter rules like ‘legal blockade’. and licensing norms, there is no such control over OTT companies, even though they account for a significant portion of call and messaging traffic.
“When it comes to blackouts and outages, there are instances when services of platforms like WhatsApp are down but no questions are asked. As telcos, we need to ensure quality of services and even are held accountable for other parameters relating to consumer services,” the telecom companies said.
Mobile companies said that apart from getting an easier regulatory regime, new-age internet companies – which ride on their networks – are also eating into their revenue, which is having an impact on network expansion plans and profitability.
Highlighting ‘threats to national security’, telcos said most OTT platforms are app-based businesses, operating in a “near regulatory vacuum” in India, with not many guidelines to govern their operations Are.
The government has already been on target of OTT companies as platforms have refused to part with user data when asked by law-enforcement agencies under specific criminal cases.
In a meeting with TRAI chairman PD Vaghela, telcos led by Airtel CEO Gopal Vittal and senior executives from Jio, Vodafone Idea, Tata Tel and BSNL said that mobile companies should be subjected to stricter rules like ‘legal blockade’. and licensing norms, there is no such control over OTT companies, even though they account for a significant portion of call and messaging traffic.
“When it comes to blackouts and outages, there are instances when services of platforms like WhatsApp are down but no questions are asked. As telcos, we need to ensure quality of services and even are held accountable for other parameters relating to consumer services,” the telecom companies said.
Mobile companies said that apart from getting an easier regulatory regime, new-age internet companies – which ride on their networks – are also eating into their revenue, which is having an impact on network expansion plans and profitability.
Highlighting ‘threats to national security’, telcos said most OTT platforms are app-based businesses, operating in a “near regulatory vacuum” in India, with not many guidelines to govern their operations Are.
The government has already been on target of OTT companies as platforms have refused to part with user data when asked by law-enforcement agencies under specific criminal cases.