“Get Subscriber’s Consent Before Charging For Value Added Services”: Telecom Regulator To ISPs

The Telegraph: The Indian telecom regulator is upping its ante. And rightfully so. If the story is to be believed, Internet service providers will now have to obtain explicit consent of customers before offering chargeable value-added services.
The telecom regulator, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), has issued a directive making it mandatory for ISPs to obtain explicit consent of the subscribers before making value-added services chargeable.
The order is in the context of instances that have come to the notice of the regulators where ISPs charge the subscribers for value-added services without taking their consent beforehand. M. Kannan, economic adviser, TRAI, said,

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