Telecom Act and OTT Platforms

Key Points

• 1Telecom operators argue OTT platforms should be licensed.
• 2The Telecom Act defines telecom services broadly.
• 3'Messages' are defined as any sign, signal, writing, text, image, sound, video, data stream, intelligence or information sent through telecommunication.
• 4Former telecom minister Ashwini Vaishnaw clarified that OTTs are not under the law.
• 5COAI believes OTT communication services are covered under the new Telecom Act.