Re: Regulator (TRAI) to have industry consultation on OTT...

On Monday 11 August 2014 12:04 PM, Banibrata Dutta wrote:
> Very well put... especially this:
>
> It's time the telcos realise that they themselves are mere OTT providers
> piggybacking on public land and airwaves and public interest should always
> trump their selfish interests.

Yes, outstanding, and a very quotable, characterisation!

parminder
>
>
> On Mon, Aug 11, 2014 at 10:49 AM, Kingsly John 
> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> 
> wrote:
>
>     I feel TRAI's charter is in serious need for an amendment that
>     forces it to
>     look out for the interests of the customers/public over the
>     interests of
>     industry.
>
>     First with the whole unsolicited calls/SMS fiasco, they drafted
>     their stupid
>     solutions based on the industry's "right to spam" rather than the
>     customers
>     "right to privacy" and have imposed illogical limits on communication.
>
>     And now this "industry consultation" called based on the telcos
>     "right to
>     profits".  Will they next entertain requests from India Post and
>     various
>     Courier companies to levy a charge on email/online storage service
>     providers?
>
>     It's time the telcos realise that they themselves are mere OTT
>     providers
>     piggybacking on public land and airwaves and public interest
>     should always
>     trump their selfish interests.
>
>     Kingsly
>
>     +++ Banibrata Dutta [2014-08-11 10:19:57]:
>
>     > Of course... BMTC in Bangalore !
>     >
>     >
>     > On Mon, Aug 11, 2014 at 10:19 AM, Banibrata Dutta
>     <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>
>     > wrote:
>     >
>     >     This demand and rationale is as strange as DTC in Delhi,
>     BeST in Mumbai,
>     >     BMTC in Mumbai chiefs getting together and asking for
>     government to ask
>     >     commuters who use it's services to go to their place of
>     business and earn a
>     >     healthy income, to start paying more -- just because they
>     are efficient and
>     >     happened to be able to devise a clever business plan,
>     execute it to
>     >     perfection to their advantage. The fact that the commuter is
>     paying your
>     >     regular bus-fare, isn't enough. The reason that DTC, BeST
>     and BMTC cite is
>     >     that if they do not earn money from this rich buggers, it
>     cannot buy new
>     >     buses or upgrade to newer better buses.
>     >
>     >     No wonder these people got themselves into this truck-load
>     of muck in the
>     >     first place.
>     >
>     >
>     >     On Mon, Aug 11, 2014 at 10:07 AM, vijay gill
>     <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>     >
>     >         follow up
>     >
>     >
>     > http://businesstoday.intoday.in/story/
>     >
>     trai-floats-plan-to-put-fee-on-free-apps-whatsapp-viber/1/208856.html
>     >
>     >
>     >         On Wed, Aug 6, 2014 at 6:58 AM, Banibrata Dutta <
>     > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>     >
>     >             Media Nama reports ... covering the event.
>     >
>     > http://www.medianama.com/tag/trai-internet-regulation/
>     >
>     >             Kudos to One97 MD Vijay Shankar Sharma for calling
>     spade - a spade.
>     >             Many gems in there.
>     >
>     >
>     >             On Tue, Aug 5, 2014 at 5:08 PM, Banibrata Dutta <
>     > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>     >
>     >
>     >                 See some strange reasoning...
>     >
>     >                 Telcos losing revenue to, and unable to compete
>     with OTT
>     >                 providers... Which means pricing of messaging
>     services aren't
>     >                 set competitively?
>     >
>     > http://m.lightreading.in/lightreadingindia/news-analysis/297382
>     > /trai-dialogue-telcos-otts?utm_campaign=050814&utm_medium=daily
>     >                 &utm_source=newsletter
>     >
>     >
>     >
>     >
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