New Delhi: Any move to extend TRAI's jurisdiction to compel an IT intermediary to dictate what information it presents to users, and mandate the sharing of proprietary data with a telecom-operated registry amounts to "encroachment" on a regulatory framework that falls within the IT Ministry's ambit, Truecaller CEO Rishit Jhunjhunwala has said amid the company's ongoing feud with the telecom regulator.
Jhunjhunwala's comments come against the backdrop of the TRAI-Truecaller tussle over the labelling of calls from the dedicated number series. The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) last Friday asserted that no app can block phone calls originating from 1600 number series that are meant for communications by regulated entities and the government to citizens.
