Telcos, tech firms express challenges over selective ban on OTTs

Telecom operators and big technology firms may be on opposing sides over regulation of OTTs, but seem to be on the same page over a proposal by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India for their selective banning in cases of law and order problems.

Technical Issues such as use of proxy servers, virtual private networks (VPNs) by consumers in case of ban, dynamic internet protocol (IP) addresses used by OTTs, encrypted content traffic of OTTs, among others, have been flagged by both the telcos as well as big tech companies represented by organisations such as Broadband India Forum (BIF) and Asia Internet Coalition.