TELECOM SERVICE PROVIDERS AND THEIR LEGAL LIABILITY – AN INDIAN OVERVIEW
India has seen remarkable advancement in the adoption and usage of mobile technologies. More and more Indians are leapfrogging to adoption of mobile devices. Consequently, the telecommunications networks in the country are becoming extremely robust. Further, these telecom networks are being targeted by a variety of telecom service providers for the purposes of providing various services on such telecom and mobile networks. However, these telecom service providers in India have a distinct legal liability under the existing Indian Cyberlaw. This is so because these telecom service providers are all coming within the ambit of the intermediaries under the Indian Information Technology Act, 2000. Further, the law has straddled the said telecom service providers with the mandatory responsibility of exercising due diligence while discharging their obligations under the law. The Indian Cyberlaw takes a strict view of telecom service providers who do not comply with the law. Commission of offences or contraventions by companies acting as telecom services providers under the Information Technology Act, 2000 does lead to its own stringent consequences.
This eBook “Telecom Service Providers And Their Legal Liability – An Indian Overview’ seeks to examine the liability of telecom service providers in India in the context of providing various services on telecom and mobile networks in India.
This eBook is an absolute must for all legal practitioners, law libraries, telecom and mobile companies, mobile service providers and operators, all companies offering their services in the mobile ecosystem and all users of mobiles, cell phones, smart phones, personal digital assistants and all other kinds of communication devices. This ebook is essential also for any person or legal entity, using any component or service available on or through the telecom and mobile ecosystem, mobile environment and mobile networks, who wants to understand the law’s stand on the liability of such telecom service providers.
This eBook is authored by Pavan Duggal (http://pavanduggalassociates.com/whoweare.html), Asia’s and India’s foremost expert on Cyberlaw who has done pioneering work in the area of Mobile Law. This eBook’s Author runs his niche law firm Pavan Duggal Associates, Advocates (http://pavanduggalassociates.com/) which is working on all aspects concerning technology and the law.
© Pavan Duggal 2013
