TRAI says no to regulations for OTT platforms

India’s telecoms guard dog said over-the-top (OTT) correspondence administrations don’t right now require an administrative structure, throwing away the danger of likely limitations on platforms, for example, Facebook, WhatsApp and Google.

India’s telecoms firms have since quite a while ago campaigned for guideline of applications that offer free voice and text administrations over the internet, contending that such administrations dissolve their incomes.

Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) said, “It’s anything but a helpful moment to suggest an extensive administrative system for different parts of administrations referred to as OTT services, beyond the extant laws and guidelines prescribed presently”.

TRAI likewise said no regulatory intervention was required on issues identified with the protection and security of OTT services. Net neutrality activists invited the TRAI’s choice, yet the telecoms industry lobby group, the Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI), said the TRAI had not tended to issues, for example, regulatory imbalance and non-level battleground between telecoms service providers (TSPs) and OTT companies.