India orders caller-ID apps to share spam reports
India extended its anti-spam rules to require caller-identification and call-management apps to share users' spam reports with telecom operators, TechCrunch reported. Truecaller objected that the requirement created a one-way exchange and would hand operators a commercially valuable proprietary asset without requiring equivalent information sharing in return.
Why it matters
The rule could reshape competition between telecom operators and independent caller-identification services in one of their largest markets.
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