The Centre has proposed to bring Meta-owned WhatsApp, Zoom, and Google Duo under the ambit of telecom license, as written in the draft of the Indian Telecommunication Bill 2022.
The draft bill says that the Centre may “waive off in part or full any fee, including entry fees, license fees, registration fees or any other fees or charges, interest, additional charges or penalty” for any licence holder or registered entity under the telecom rules.
However, it has proposed to give exemption to press messages that are intended to be published in India of correspondents accredited to the Central or state governments from being intercepted.
The draft stated that the exemption won’t be given in case of any public emergency or in the interest of public safety, sovereignty, integrity or security of India, friendly relations with foreign states, public order, or to prevent incitement to an offence.
According to the draft bill, in such cases any message or class of messages, to or from any person or class of persons, or relating to any particular subject, brought for transmission by, or transmitted or received by any telecommunication services or telecommunication network, shall not be transmitted, or shall be intercepted or detained or disclosed to the authorized officer.
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