Internet should remain a level playing field
According to people in the telecom industry, the regulator needs to clearly define what kind of financial and critical services should be allowed to be accorded priority
The new OTT paper is under preparation and will be out "hopefully" in October: RS Sharma
Tech firms want the US government to abandon its plan to repeal the laws preserving net neutrality
The decision in US will have echoes in India
Net neutrality denies priority to any entity in internet traffic on account of payments to providers
Telecom service providers must get flexibility to raise revenue from alternative sources
Consumer advocates had hailed the privacy rules as a watershed development
Net neutrality has been a long debated issue across the globe
The paper has put thrust on price information and commercial terms and traffic management practices
The telecoms industry said it was essential to avoid "restrictive interpretations" of the net neutrality law
They asked the regulator to consider affordability and proliferation of the data network to achieve the set targets
The industry also invoked affordability and the crying need for better broadband penetration as key considerations while formulating principles of net neutrality
Telecom regulator ties itself up in knots
Trai had issued a pre-consultation paper on net neutrality
Interview with Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
Its pre-consultation paper has been silent on the issue of closed electronic communication network, a loophole telcos can exploit to offer discriminatory pricing
Pre-consultation report to address definition, seeks public view on core principles and issues of network neutrality
'We instinctively value internet to be open, plural and inclusive and access should be without discrimination'