Mumbai- In response to the requests by the Access Providers for additional time, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has granted a one-month extension to access providers to comply with its direction issued on 20 August 2024, regarding the whitelisting of URLs/ APKs/ OTT links.

The revised direction mandates that all access providers ensure that traffic containing URLs/ APKs/ OTT links, which are not whitelisted, is not pemitted with effect from 1 October 2024. This step aims to curb the misuse of headers and content templates, ensuring a more secure and efficient telecom ecosystem.

Further, in consideration of the issues brought out by access providers, the revised timeline for implementing call back numbers will be fixed separately.

TRAI has directed all access providers to furnish to the authority an updated status on action taken within fifteen days and a compliance report within thirty days from date of issue of this direction.