The OTT communication apps such as Telegram, WhatsApp, Signal and more would come under the licensing norms of the telecom sector and would then need to follow KYC (know your customer) rules the way telecom operators need to. The difference between voice calls and data calls has reduced significantly over the years. T V Ramachandran, president of Broadband India Forum, said that some of the provisions of the draft telecom bill 2022 seem prohibitive and may push the sector back to the pre-1997 era, resulting in a negative for the big ticket investments.

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