Issuing its recommendations on Net neutrality, Trai has also suggested a multi-stakeholder body comprising telecom and Internet service providers, content providers, civil society organisation and consumer representatives for monitoring and investigation of violations.
Airtel Zero launched with the promise of free access to apps.
Indian policy-makers must see the choices before them as economic, not moral, ones, says Ajit Balakrishnan.
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Operators have invested billions of dollars in licence and spectrum.
Flipkart may walk away from ongoing discussions with telecom service provider Airtel for their platform 'Airtel Zero'.
The company has added over 1,300 sites across the two states.
Telecom operators stressed that differential pricing for data is necessary for growth.
Aadhaar architect becomes most visible face to oppose Facebook plan
Transcript of Nikhil Pahwa's chat with Rediff readers.
Company has already reached out to its customers and employees
A DoT panel has backed net neutrality and made some recommendations to push the cause
The DoT report is expected by the end of the month.
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Mark Zuckerberg on Friday said universal connectivity and net neutrality "can and must" coexist.
Taking on the government in Parliament a second time in three days Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday attacked the government on the issue of net neutrality.
Rahul Gandhi took a dig at PM Modi, saying his 'Digital India' scheme cannot become a "euphemism" for an Internet controlled by large remote corporations.
Programmes offers pared-down web services on mobile phones along with Facebook' s own social network and messaging services cost free
Its pre-consultation paper has been silent on the issue of closed electronic communication network, a loophole telcos can exploit to offer discriminatory pricing.
A Parliamentary Committee will discuss the controversial issue of net neutrality on Thursday at a meeting where officials of telecom companies like Airtel, Vodafone and Idea are expected to present their views.
Trai chairman Rahul Khullar says concept not practised strictly even in countries like the US and the UK.
Nasscom recommended that there should be 'no double dipping'.
The critics say the move is against the interest of the consumers and favours big corporate companies.
Hindustan Unilever (HUL) has topped the Perpetual Capital Hurun India Impact 50 - 2026 list with 53.9 points (on the scale of 0-100), reflecting a strong performance across key sustainable development goals (SDGs), including climate, water, circularity, gender and biodiversity.
The authority has received over 10 lakh (1 million) petitions.
Raising the issue of net neutrality, Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday sought suspension of Question Hour in Lok Sabha and gave a notice for an adjournment motion to discuss the matter immediately.
Ending net neutrality will impact govt's Make in India.
Trai has invited comments till January 7 on its paper on differential data pricing.
Mark Zuckerberg said the company believes in Net neutrality "very strongly".
Is the Airtel Zero plan really a big blow for net neutrality? Will it end the 'free' internet as we know it? Amidst the hullaballoo over the issue, Sudhir Bisht provides a contrarian view.
Facebook Inc is launching an open platform for online content and application developers to join its Internet.org service.
Rediff.com gives you a lowdown on the net neutrality issue that is today part of the national discourse.
The deal shifts the US posture towards India from hostile to neutral, and that matters for growth, points out T T Ram Mohan.
Strong performance in the beauty and personal care (BPC) segment, margin gains, and expectations of a breakeven in the fashion business lifted sentiment for FSN E-Commerce Ventures (Nykaa). The consumer technology platform's stock rose 7.5 per cent on Friday, extending gains over the past week to more than 17 per cent. Most brokerages have upgraded the stock following its third-quarter (October-December/Q3) performance and higher profit expectations ahead.
DoT will have wider consultations with all stakeholders.
Facebook is fast learning the limits of tech exceptionalism.
Bodo/Glimt secured an upset 3-1 victory over Serie A leaders Inter Milan in the first leg of their Champions League playoff on Wednesday.
The debate on net neutrality has turned into another fight between ordinary folks and a large corporation.
Decisions of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) have been under scrutiny for a while.
The social media giant had launched a public campaign to defend its platform.
MAG was constituted by Department of Electronics and IT in February 2014.
'Given that India underperformed emerging markets by 28 per cent in 2025, the worst performance in over 30 years, the timing of the sharp STT hike could have been better.'
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