china Stephanie Nebehay Reuters March 7, 2013 at 3:52 PM ET Reuters file People use computers at an Internet cafe in Changzhi, north China’s Shanxi province on June 20, 2007. GENEVA — China and Russia are buying increasingly powerful surveillance technologies to intercept communications and try to take control of the Internet, a senior U.S. official said on Thursday.

Vodafone India has also joined in Indian telecom operators – Airtel and Aircel, in a demand for getting revenues from the Internet Service players like Google and Facebook. Martin Pieters, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Vodafone India feels that there should be some regulation formed so that the operators can charge top notch Internet players like Google, Facebook, YouTube and others for using their infrastructure, reported The Hindu Business Line. Considering that their services are data driven, the telecom industry worldwide has been raising their concern against the Internet Service firms that are enjoying revenues generated using their infrastructure

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