Telecom bill hurts Trai independence, OTT move to hit innovation: Broadband body

Big tech companies and satellite players have voiced misgivings about the draft telecom bill, saying it threatens to rob the regulator of its statutory independence, make it subservient to the government and is also hazy on the future allocation mode of satellite spectrum.

Such a scenario, they warned, could jolt the country’s telecom regulatory framework, push back the sector to the pre-1997 era and hinder big-ticket investments.