tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972029346098619361.post1465990669079973990..comments2023-06-09T20:40:19.292+05:30Comments on e-Tech Land: Time to Boycott Yahoo! Messenger India?Battyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07979431598531396569noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972029346098619361.post-35088480696314498062007-08-29T21:31:00.000+05:302007-08-29T21:31:00.000+05:30Free PC-to-PC calling offered by software like Win...Free PC-to-PC calling offered by software like Windows Live Messenger has catched the attention of the Indian taxman. Already in May the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India recommended to the Department of Telecommunications that international companies offering telephony services in India through their messenger products should be registered in India and subsequently pay service taxes.<BR/><BR/>"We have been urging the government to ban them from providing the service illegally. Now they will at least pay the service tax and 6 per cent of annual gross revenue," Rajesh Chharia, President of the Internet Service Providers Association of India (ISPAI), told Hindustan Times. "Without lawful interception and call detail records (of non-Indian Internet firms), we will not be able to control the threat to national security," said Charria.<BR/><BR/>These startling and quite scary statements imply that if IM software does land in the service tax net, companies like Microsoft may not be able to offer PC-to-PC calling for free anymore in India.<BR/><BR/><BR/>n a reaction to news about India imposing a tax on PC-to-PC and PC-to-Phone communication through IM software, Yahoo! seems to have already ditched all voice conversation features from its Yahoo! Messenger client in India.Jaxxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18050089474139082849noreply@blogger.com