COAI has further asked DoT’s WPC wing to firmly put on record its past position of 2016 that in the event of such sale, the responsibility lies not only with sellers and buyers but also with the e-commerce site which acts as the platform/intermediary. In its letter to DoT, COAI said, “We, therefore, request DoT/WPC to kindly intervene in the matter and take up the issue of the ban of the sale of these illegal repeaters and boosters on the e-commerce websites/platforms with these e-commerce companies.” “Further, the import of repeaters is under restricted category wherein they are required to obtain a due licence from WPC wing and it appears that these repeaters are being imported in contravention to the specified norms by ineligible person/ companies,” it added. COAI suggested that as a second step, DoT should apprise the Department of Customs of the said issue so that the import of such repeaters by unauthorised person/companies is completely stopped.
