The smart folks at the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) have reportedly suggested charging for telephone numbers because these identifiers are a finite resource. This may seem difficult to fathom – especially when we have moved so far on from the penny-pinching 1980s - because the moment you add an extra digit in a telephone number, ten times as many people can join the network. That should suffice if it were only people. But then,
( Originally published on Jun 13, 2024 )
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