The applicant must have special knowledge of, and professional experience in telecommunication, industry, finance, accountancy, management or consumer affairs
As per media reports, the move comes as a relief for WhatsApp and Telegram as the communication service providers will be out of the scope of telecom regulations
Ex-telecom secy and India’s former ambassador and permanent representative at WTO J S Deepak, former commerce secy Rita Teaotia and former steel secy Arun Sharma are some of the names doing the rounds