As TRAI Firms Up Net Neutrality Rules, Telcos Want Licensing Regime For Whatsapp, Skype
NEW DELHI: As regulator TRAI firms up rules for ‘net neutrality’, telecom operators have suggested a licensing regime for over-the-top players like WhatsApp and Skype.
However, technology service providers and individuals advocated for non-discriminatory access to internet.
The issue of net neutrality has been widely debated in the recent past, within and outside Parliament, and TRAI had received nearly 10 lakhs comments from individuals, service providers and their associations, among others.
As TRAI today made public all the comments received by it to a discussion paper floated last month, it showed that the support for ‘non-discriminatory and free internet’ largely came from individuals.
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) also came in for flak on social media for making public the names and email IDs of everyone who had submitted their comments. Its website also crashed due to a high high traffic flow.
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