Free Basics

Marc Andreessen, the hot shot American venture capitalist and a Board Member in Facebook, tweeted yesterday about colonialism and Free Basics upsetting millions of Indians. Even Mark Zuckerberg distanced himself and expressed deep…

In a landmark decision by TRAI, every type of discriminatory data pricing has been banned in India. In fact, defaulters who wish to offer such differential pricing would be fined anywhere from Rs 50,000  to Rs. 50,00,00 per day. In…

There are mixed opinions coming out on the issue of Free Basics and Differential pricing for Internet usage in India. After Egypt banned Free Basics, speculations are rife that TRAI may completely reject this program inside India.…

After TRAI’s strongly worded letter to Facebook condemning their shrewd and cunning campaign to garner support for Free Basics went viral, a new strategy has been adopted by them to popularize their anti-net neutrality propaganda.…

TRAI or the Telecom Regulator Authority of India published a letter in response to questions raised by Facebook in regards to their multi-million dollar Free Basic campaign. The letter addressed to Ms. Ankhi Das, who is the Public…

The tribe of Net Neutrality crusaders is increasing day by day, as the deadline of TRAI’s consultation paper (December 30th) is fast approaching. Not only startups, but also billion dollar software companies have come out strongly…

Telecom Regulatory of India (TRAI) is now aware about the outrage and agitation against Free Basics service by Facebook in India. In new developments, it was revealed that they don’t want to take any risk before announcing the results…

The distance between USA and India is 13,568 kms, and Canada is 11,462 kms. How can a Facebook user from USA or Canada decide on the issue of Net Neutrality in India? But it seems Facebook doesn’t mind (or care) that. In a blatant…

Last week, Facebook had launched a shrewd, deceptive email campaign on their platform for garnering support for Free Basics from unsuspecting Facebook users who didn’t even knew what they are supporting. As expected, this is working…

In a shrewd move, Facebook has launched a massive ‘Save Free Basics’ campaign on Facebook, wherein unsuspecting users are prompted with a pre-written message, which would be sent to TRAI as part of their new consultation paper regarding…