Net Neutrality
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 .
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 Teleco
Edit: Get net-neutrality right, piecemeal TRAI consultation makes it worse
Piecemeal consulation by Trai only makes it worse
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.
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 yesterda
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
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.
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 use
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.
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 “d
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.
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 offerin
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.
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 bec
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 wi
Trai open house on data pricing is no open-and-shut case
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India may find it difficult to frame clear-cut guidelines on differential data tariff given the diverse responses received at the open house on the subject on Thursday.
After face-off with Facebook, watchdog says data pricing norms by January end
A day after the sparring match with social networking site Facebook over the issue of Free Basics came out in the open, India's telecom regulator on Thursday said its norms on the issue of differential pricing of data will be
Trai to hold differential pricing discussion on Thursday
Sectoral regulator Trai will conduct an open house discussion on differential pricing for data services, a key aspect of net neutrality, on January 21.
Congress slams start-up action plan for silence on net neutrality
Congress today criticised the Centre's action plan on start-ups a day after its launch as it said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's "silence" on the issue of net neutrality, a "key" component for such businesses, was "deafe
Will take structured view on net neutrality: Ravi Shankar Prasad
Asserting the government's stand on non-discriminatory access to internet, Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad today said the issue of net neutrality is being debated by Trai...
Net Neutrality debate: Trai gets 80% replies via Facebook
As Trai gears up to frame the Net Neutrality rules, telecom operators have favoured differential pricing for data services even as nearly 80 per cent replies to the regulator's consultation process follow the Facebook 'templa
Column: Free, but basic – The net as a public good
Trai must unpick the analytics embedded in the arguments for and against Free Basics
Telecom operators, platforms should not control content
Nasscom software body favors differential pricing only for public interest content with regulator's approval
Trai extends deadline for comments on net neutrality
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has extended the last date for receiving comments on its paper on differential data pricing...
Column: Fudging the debate on net neutrality
Trai’s consultation paper on differential pricing is seriously handicapped by the lack of relevant data & information
TRAI aims to resolve some net neutrality issues by early 2016
As the debate over the net neutrality resurfaces, telecom regulator Trai has said it is looking to solve the issues "part-by-part" and also aiming to come up with the final guidelines based on the views received from differen
