The short-lived period of free calls and cheap data seems to be over now. After three years of tariff cuts and intense competition, Reliance Jio has now emerged as the leading player in Indian telecom and broadband services sector. But is there something fishy—such as a price-fixing agreement by the three private telcos—going on? Senior journalist Paranjoy Guha Thakurta and NewsClick editor-in-chief Prabir Purkayastha discuss the latest developments and their consequences for users.
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Link of the recording of the 70-minute deposition on 14 February 2022 by Paranjoy Guha Thakurta to the Supreme Court-appointed committee headed by Justice (retired) R V Raveendran on allegations of misuse of the Israeli Pegasus spyware on Indian citizens: https://pegasus-india-investigation.in/depositions/paranjoy-guha-thakurta-statement/