Mobile services shutdowns used for ‘flimsiest reasons’ says Jio, private telcos bat for selective app ban
TRAI’s consultation paper follows a Department of Telecommunications (DoT) communique sent in September last year, requesting it to reconsider its 2020 recommendations on a regulatory framework for OTTs and suggest a suitable regulatory mechanism for these platforms, including issues relating to “selective banning of OTT services”. In its submission to TRAI, Reliance Jio noted, “we…