analysisUpdated: Nov 06, 2020, 19:15 ISTThree months ago, in an article in this paper, I wrote about the utter meaninglessness of persisting with the Other Service Provider (OSP) regulations. On Thursday night, the Government of India released a set of revised OSP guidelines that have effectively put an end to the inspector raj that these outdated regulations had perpetuated for so long. Those few entities to whom OSP regulations now apply only need to comply with a few security obligations as well as ensure, at a high-level, that toll bypass does not occur. They are free to share infrastructure between international and domestic OSPs and use closed user groups for internal communications. It is this liberalisation from registration that is likely to have the greatest impact on the sector.

Source: Hindustan Times November 06, 2020 12:56 UTC