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Draft telecom Bill: Trai opposed to regulation of OTT platforms

Has communicated this to the telecom dept

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Sources said Trai had reiterated its earlier stance, in September 2020, that no regulatory intervention was needed for OTT service, and instead batted for market forces to respond to the situation

Subhayan Chakraborty New Delhi

3 min read Last Updated : Oct 21 2022 | 12:20 AM IST

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) is not in favour of regulation for over-the-top (OTT) communication service providers written into the telecom Bill, sources have told Business Standard.

They added the sector regulator had communicated this to the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) during consultation on the draft telecom Bill. The draft telecom Bill, released by the government for public stakeholder comments last month, extends the definition of telecommunication service to include OTT players such as WhatsApp, Signal, Zoom, Skype, Google, and Telegram, which provide (voice or video) calling and messaging services.

The definition was amended after telecom service providers

Topics : TRAI Telecom OTT Telcos Telecom companies

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