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IAMAI announced the dissolution of BACC. The IAMAI said that it was forced to take the decision. Bitcoin and Ethereum nosedived by nearly 70%.

New IT rules to impact ease of business in India New Amendment won't impact growth stage of companies or startups An appeals panel will form to moderate decisions by big tech

The increase in fake review in the edtech space and ways to curb it were also dicussed during a meeting. IEC runs under the aegis of Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI).

Members of IAMAI-BACC will work together with customers, markets and regulators. IAMAI-BACC noted India is among the top players in the crypto market. BACC welcomed the recent RBI's advice.

The IAMAI statement added that proactive steps taken by the association and its members have been appreciated by the EC.

The number of mobile internet users stood at 45.6 crore in December 2017, over 17% higher than December 2016.

Low cost Internet based transactions and business efficiency due to technology advancements are expected to kill physical banks in next 5-6 years, NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant said on Thursday.

Rural India is growing at a much higher rate -- around 26 percent -- as compared to the urban areas in terms of mobile internet users, a joint study said on Tuesday.

The report, Index of Internet Readiness of Indian States’, was published by the Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) and Indicus Analytics.

Efforts by Google, SpaceX, and Facebook among others to make the Internet available to the remaining 4 billion people via high altitude planes, balloons, and satellites are underway.

The Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) on Wednesday said the differential pricing violates principles of net neutrality.

Countering allegations of gatekeeping in website selection on its free internet platform Free Basics, Facebook today said it is open to the scrutiny of the process by any third party agency like IAMAI or Nasscom.

The number of Internet users in India is expected to reach 402 million by December 2015, registering a growth of 49 per cent over last year, says a report by industry body IAMAI.

The number of Internet users has grown over 26 per cent from 278 million in October 2014. The number of mobile Internet users has also grown about 40 per cent from 159 million users in October last year.

The decade-old IAMAI represents digital businesses across the country and address challenges facing the industry, including mobile content and services.

Incentive in the form of tax holiday would help the industry achieve its full potential by facilitating expansion, employment generation and entrepreneurship, he added.

The US-based social networking platform said it will be investing more in India, which industry body IAMAI has predicted will surpass the US by December this year in terms of Internet users.

IAMAI, which recently led a delegation of Indian tech and Internet firms to China, said these steps can help improve customer experience and provide a fillip to the USD 3 billion Indian e-commerce sector.