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platform and in the process, make or break fortunes of several startups. As a result, Facebook has challenged the TRAI after releasing its Free Basics zero-rating app “which provides access to a host of
Internet services like Knowledge, the BBC, health sites and weather reports, and, of course, Facebook. The services are lightweight versions of the originals that load quickly and perform well on less robust 2G and 3G networks.” The TRAI blocked Free Basics on the basis that although the service is free, there are specific sites that cannot be accessed unless the consumer pays. Zuckerberg countered this argument by releasing a statement saying, “It’s not an equal Internet if the majority of people can’t participate." Towards the end of 2015, the
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committee in 2015 that had also acknowledged the need for net neutrality and suggested allowing for legitimate traffic management. It had, however, disallowed exploitative or anti-competitive traffic management, app-based specific control within the
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should share revenues with telecom companies. According to him, Internet companies were making big profits from small investments, whereas the telecom companies were actually investing in building networks. He also suggested that the telecom regulator should establish interconnection charges for data
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Discriminatory Tariffs for Data Services Regulations, 2016", prohibiting telecom service providers from levying discriminatory rates for data. This move was welcomed by millions of Indians and also by people from other countries who are fighting
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files containing the names and emails of more than a million people who commented on the "Regulatory
Framework for OTT services" paper. However, officials from the IT Ministry could not confirm it and said the website was down most likely due to high traffic. TRAI was criticized for violating the
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No service provider shall enter into any arrangement, agreement or contract, by whatever name called, with any person, natural or legal, that the effect of discriminatory tariffs for data services being offered or charged by the service provider for the purpose of evading the prohibition in this
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should be taxed to ensure a level playing field with telecom operators. In
November 2014, TRAI began investigating if Airtel was implementing preferential access by offering special Internet packs which allowed WhatsApp and Facebook data at rates which were lower than its standard data rates.
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Khullar said that Airtel cannot be held responsible for violating net neutrality because India has no regulation that demands net neutrality. Airtel's move faced criticism on social networking sites like
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Anonymous India group claimed that they had taken down TRAI's official website, trai.gov.in, using a
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should be regulated similar to telecom operators. In August 2014, TRAI rejected a proposal from telecom companies to make messaging application firms share part of their revenue with the carriers or the government. In
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decided to pull out of Airtel Zero. The e-commerce firm confirmed the news in an official statement on 14 April, saying, "We will be walking away from the ongoing discussions with Airtel for their platform Airtel Zero".
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1882:"Union minister Ravi Prasad tweets about net neutrality, says committee to look into matter"
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580:over-the-top services
570:Demonstration by the
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229:On 12 July 2018, The
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863:surgery operations.
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92:End-to-end principle
77:Bandwidth throttling
2864:Cybercrime in India
1560:on 27 December 2014
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536:Ravi Shankar Prasad
325:Sunil Bharti Mittal
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2786:The Times of India
2692:The Economic Times
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2323:The Times of India
2267:The Times of India
2207:The Times of India
2147:The Indian Express
1918:The Times of India
1867:The Economic Times
1753:The Times of India
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1644:. 27 December 2014
1641:The Indian Express
1616:. 29 December 2014
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1585:The Economic Times
1496:. 25 November 2014
1493:The Economic Times
1465:The Times of India
1437:The Economic Times
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1381:The Economic Times
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1184:The Times of India
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1037:The Economic Times
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908:The Times of India
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592:Tathagata Satpathy
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107:Net neutrality law
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1946:Business Standard
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