In a renewed push to ease their financial burden and fund rural digital infrastructure, Indian telecom operators have urged the government to impose a levy on over-the-top (OTT) platforms that generate large volumes of data traffic. The proposal, submitted by Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea to the Department of Telecommunications (DoT), seeks to classify these OTTs as Large Traffic Generators (LTGs) and require them to contribute to network upkeep, according to a Business Standard report.
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