What Do Jio, Airtel, and Vi Really Want from Govt

Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel, and Vodafone Idea (Vi), the three private telecom operators in India have plenty of demands from the Indian government. Let’s take all of these requests into account, and then you can ponder over whether these demands are fair or not. Interestingly, telcos feel like a lot of unfair things are happening in the market. There is an issue with OTT (over-the-top) players, an issue with the satcom (satellite communications) players, and then some. Let’s tackle the big ones here.

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What do the telecom operators really want?

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Telcos Request for a Fair Treatment, But are Things Really Unfair?

The Indian telecom operators, on several instances, have pointed out that they must be shared a part of revenues that the OTT communication players are making. Why? The reason for the telcos is that the OTT players like WhatsApp, Telegram, and more are offering similar services (such as voice calling, texting, and video calling), and they are doing so on top of the infrastructure that the telcos have built.

Another thing that the telcos don’t like is that the OTT players don’t have to follow any licensing norms for offering similar services. To accomodate the rising traffic that the OTT player generate, the telcos have to invest and scale their networks. Thus, the telcos believe that they are entitled to receive a slice of the revenues that OTT companies make.