Indian startups are up in arms against telecom operators after the latter’s suggestions to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) to bring in a regulatory regime that mandates that over-the-top (OTT) platforms pay for their network costs. Taking to X, formerly Twitter, Zerodha cofounder and chief executive officer (CEO) Nithin Kamath attributed the ‘exponential […]
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Indian startups are up in arms against telecom operators after the latter’s suggestions to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) to bring in…
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Indian startups are up in arms against telecom operators after the latter’s suggestions to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) to bring in a regulatory regime that mandates that over-the-top (OTT) platforms pay for their network costs. Taking to X, formerly…
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