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DoT seeks Trai’s view to regulate internet calling, messaging apps like WhatsApp, Signal

DoT seeks Trai's view to regulate internet calling, messaging apps like WhatsApp, Signal The Department of Telecom has sought views of sector regulator Trai to prepare a framework for regulating internet calling and messaging apps like WhatsApp, Signal, Google Meet etc, a government official said on Wednesday. The Department of Telecom (DoT) has last week sent back a recommendation of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) on internet telephony issued in 2008, for review, and has asked the sector regulator to come up with comprehensive reference due to the change in technical environment amid the emergence of new technologies. "The Internet Telephony recommendation of Trai was not accepted by the DoT. The Depa...