We’ve confirmed 100+ attendees for our curated open dialogue on the “Draft Telecom Invoice”, at India Habitat Centre in Delhi. Nevertheless, you’ll be able to nonetheless apply to attend, and will likely be placed on a wait-list, pending cancellations.
We now have confirmations from MeitY, TRAI, Microsoft, Australian Excessive Fee, British Excessive Fee,Omidyar Community India, Twitter, Google, Disney Star, Paytm, Broadband India Discussion board, Mozilla Basis, BSA | The Software program Alliance, BTG Authorized, NDTV, Scroll.in, Inshorts, Thomson Reuters Basis, Chase India, DeepStrat, CMAI TEMA, COAI, CSDR, DE-CIX, Exotel, EY, ICRIER, IFF, IFR India, Accenture, AICC. Apollo, Indiamart, Information Edge, DSCI, ISOC, Kaspersky Lab India, KPMG India, Marsh McLennan India, Ozonetel Communications, CUTS, CyberPeace Basis, Reliance Jio, Saraf & Companions, Sdela Telecom, Sify Applied sciences, Sinch, Tata Play, TechCrunch, Expertise Improvement Board, AWS, Bharucha & Companions, Polygon Expertise, PwC, The Cohen Group, The Quantum Hub, Truecaller, 9dot9 Insights, Tsaaro, TT&A, Varahe Analytics, Vidhi Centre for Authorized Coverage, PLR Chambers, CCG-NLUD, Khaitan & Co, Kochhar & Co, NASSCOM, PRS Legislative Analysis, Shardul Amarchand & Mangaldas, E2E Networks, Saikrishna & Associates, Ikigai Legislation, Okay&S Companions, TMT Legislation Observe, SFLC.in, and extra.
Date: October 18, 2022
Time: Session begins at 2 PM (lunch + check-in at 1 PM)
Venue: Juniper Corridor, India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Street, Delhi
Particulars of the dialogue:
The Indian Telecommunication Invoice 2022, which replaces three current legal guidelines governing the telecom sector, is a significant revamp of each telecom and Web regulation, and can impression the companies we use each day. The draft invoice makes an attempt to carry them underneath licensing and regulation, messaging companies based mostly on the “similar service similar guidelines” premise, and expands the scope of lawful interception of communications which impacts encryption, and likewise requires them to determine customers by guaranteeing that Know Your Buyer norms are adopted.
The draft Invoice additionally consists of provisions masking spam messages, and defines norms associated to Web shutdowns, Proper of Method for set up of telecom infrastructure and licensing norms for telecommunication companies.
At this dialogue, we are going to study, amongst points:
- Licensing of telecommunications companies
- Implications of bringing OTT communication companies underneath the ambit of telecommunication companies
- Understanding impression of Telecom Invoice on messaging, buyer care and different on-line companies
- How the Telecom Invoice compares with the OTT regulation consultations achieved by TRAI
- Understanding whether or not the “Similar Service Similar Guidelines” argument applies to telecom and on-line companies
- Influence on cloud companies
- Enlargement of KYC Norms to on-line companies and understanding the impression on privateness
- Ought to content material and carriage be regulated in another way?
- Powers of the DoT publish the Telecom Invoice
- Energy given to TRAI to manage pricing of companies
- Influence of interception necessities underneath the Telecom Invoice on the Web, and checks and balances
- Influence of Telecom Invoice on Internet Neutrality
- Influence of Telecom Invoice on Web Shutdowns and it may be improved to include previous rules
- World norms and finest practices for interception
- World developments for regulation of OTT companies
Chances are you’ll advocate different points within the Draft Telecom Invoice for us to contemplate within the software kind. We additionally printed a studying record final week, you’ll be able to entry it right here.
MediaNama is internet hosting this occasion with assist from Meta, Google, Disney-Star and Web Society. The Centre for Communication Governance at NLU Delhi, Cyber Cafe Affiliation of India, and Centre for Web and Society are our group companions for the dialogue.
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