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Govt mulls offering more duty incentives to smartphone manufacturers to promote exports; plans 6% duty credit scrips

Accordingly, the government has set a goal to increase smartphone exports from the country to $110 billion by 2025 from $3 billion now, the report said.

Facebook gears up to invest in technology startups in India, move likely to give big boost to sector

Referring to the ubiquitous startup milieu in the country, he said as many as two startups were getting registered every hour in the country.

Union Budget 2019: IT industry, startups meet Anurag Thakur to discuss data protection, tax issues

Ahead of the Budget, representatives of the tech sector and industry bodies like Nasscom, IAMAI and MAIT met Minister of State for Finance Anurag Thakur on Saturday to discuss various issues, including tax structure, and share their views on strengthening the digital economy

TRAI consultation on OTT regulation: OTT shouldn't be regulated say some, while telcos call for sharing of infrastructure investment

A consultation took place to discuss if the services provided by the OTT players and TSPs are substitutable, then should OTT services also have the same licensing norms as the telcos

TikTok ban in India: SC order in line with past free speech decisions, but social media apps should self-regulate proactively

Supreme Court has directed the Madras High Court to pass an interim order on the ban by 24 April, failing which the ban on TikTok will be lifted

Draft e-commerce policy 'inimical' to govt's $1 trillion digital economy goal, will bring down FDI flows: IAMAI

IAMAI was also of the view that "the process of making the policy itself was less than inclusive and open" as compared to recent national-level policies

Yatra eyes over 20% growth in revenue over next 3 financial years as it strengthens presence across various verticals

Started in 2006, Yatra.com currently provides comprehensive travel-related services including domestic and international air ticketing, hotel bookings

Self-regulatory online content code may not serve interests of Indian consumers, creators

Signatories of this self-regulatory code include major players like Netflix, Hotstar and Jio.

IAMAI asks govt defer implementation of revised FDI norms for e-commerce

The Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) on Tuesday urged the government to defer the implementation of revised norms for e-commerce companies having foreign investments, as few provisions are unclear and onerous

Internet services sector may create 1.2 crore new jobs by 2022: IAMAI report

The IAMAI report expects the number of Internet users in the country to increase 1.6 times from 481 million at present to 762 million in 2022 due to the proliferation of affordable Internet connectivity