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,
Subscriber content
?
Subscriber content comes from Gigaom Research, bridging the gap between breaking news and long-tail research. Visit any of our reports to learn more and subscribe.
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Comments have been disabled for this post