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Net Neutrality
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Column: Free internet access; how Trai brought India back to square one
Recently, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) issued a consultation paper on free internet .
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Net neutrality & Trai: Blanket ban on discriminatory tariffs bad
After leaving the initial consultative process halfway, bringing out a regulation banning differential pricing and coming out with a consultation paper recently to examine if mobile operators can provide free data, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) on Monday brought out a pre-consultation paper on net neutrality
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Edit: Get net-neutrality right, piecemeal TRAI consultation makes it worse
Piecemeal consulation by Trai only makes it worse
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Net neutrality: Facebook shuts Free Basics programme in India
Facebook had met with severe criticism for its programme, which aimed at providing basic Internet access to people in partnership with telecom operators.
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Marc Andreessen’s comments about India deeply upsetting: Mark Zuckerberg
“I want to respond to Marc Andreessen’s comments about India yesterday. I found the comments deeply upsetting, and they do not represent the way Facebook or I think at all,” Mark Zuckerberg said in a Facebook posting yesterday afternoon.
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Net neutrality: TRAI decision an anti-colonialist idea, says Facebook Board member
Facebook board member Marc Andreessen today set off a controversy by terming India’s decision to bar discriminatory Internet tariff as an “anti-colonialist” idea and said the country would have been better off if it remained under British rule.
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Net neutrality: Trai warns of action beyond Rs 50,000 fine for discriminatory data rates
Having barred discriminatory pricing of data services, the regulator Trai today warned of much stricter action against errant telecom operators if the existing penalty provision fails to tame them.
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Net neutrality: Facebook’s India stumble could embolden other regulators
Net neutrality debate: India’s decision to effectively ban Facebook’s pared-back free Internet service is a major blow to the social network’s plans, and may prompt other regulators to demand equal online access for their users.
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Disappointed but will not give up: Mark Zuckerberg on Net Neutrality
Expressing disappointment on India’s decision on net neutrality, Facebook founder and chief Mark Zuckerberg has said he is committed to keep working to break down connectivity barriers in India and around the world.
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Net neutrality: Free data door shut, litigation door ajar
In a major blow to mobile operators, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) on Monday barred operators from offering differential data tariffs through select tie-ups with content providers, which it labelled as “discriminatory”.
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Net neutrality: Facebook disappointed with Trai’s differential tariff decision
Social media giant Facebook today expressed disappointment over telecom regulator Trai’s decision not to allow differential pricing of data, saying it adversely impacts its free internet platform Free Basics.
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Net neutrality: Free food OK, not free data!
Net neutrality: Not surprisingly, given the TRAI’s comments in the past, the telecom regulator has ruled out differential pricing for data which, in effect, means there can be no Free Basics of the type Facebook was offering or an Airtel Zero that Bharti Airtel had introduced and later withdrawn.
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What is net neutrality?
What is net neutrality? In a boost to net neutrality and a blow to Facebook and other operators offering differential data tariffs, telecom regulator Trai today barred them from charging discriminatory prices for web access. Here is what it means…
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Rahul Gandhi attacks govt over net neutrality issue
Rahul Gandhi today accused the government of delaying a decision on the issue of net neutrality on “pretext” of repeated discussions and took a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying his ‘Digital India’ scheme cannot become a “euphemism” for an Internet controlled by large remote corporations.
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Zomato, Cleartrip, Paytm, others write to PM Narendra Modi to defend net neutrality
Hundreds of startups including bigger players like, Zomato, Cleartrip, Paytm and their employees today approached Prime Minister Narendra Modi to defend net neutrality, which they define it as access to content on Internet without any discrimination.
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