Net Neutrality

The fight for Net Neutrality in India has taken a positive turn as India’s biggest association of Internet and Mobile companies, IAMAI, has declared that Zero Rating plans are against the free nature of the Web. In their…

Net neutrality movement in India has received one of the biggest shocks ever: Google is turning evil as they seem to have teamed up with Facebook to lobby Zero Rating plans in India. Zero Rating is a telecom jargon which means that…

The debate and the fight over Net Neutrality has further intensified, as ASSOCHAM (The Associated Chambers of Commerce of India) has demanded all messaging and VoIP apps be regulated. In layman terms, this means that if Assocham’s…

Department of Telecom (DoT) had formulated a special committee to understand the impact of anti-net neutrality plans formulated by some telecom companies. The recommendations of the committee led by AK Bhargava are now public. The…

The 6 member standing committee, which was formed by the Government to look into the raging Net Neutrality issue may finally announce their consensus soon. As per reports, they have received recommendations from Department of Telecom,…

It seems that Department of Telecom (DoT) officials are confused about the impact of Net Neutrality and Zero Rating Plans introduced by telecom players. Reports are emerging that DoT committee believes that Zero Rating Plans doesn’t…

Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL), which provides telecommunication services in Mumbai and New Delhi, has come out strongly against Internet.org project and Airtel Zero scheme, terming them against Net Neutrality principles.…

Today, May 9th, 2015 is going to be a historical day for the Freedom of Internet in India, as the Government is about to announce it’s verdict on the whole controversy. Last month, IT Ministry under Ravi Shankar Prasad had set up a…

All the protests and agitations against discriminatory Internet plans by telecom companies are not going down the drain: The Government is listening; and committed to the cause of Net Neutrality. In one of the most strongly worded…

It seems Facebook has heard the cries of Net Neutrality campaigners – They have now opened up their much talked about Internet.org platform for all developers, who can now bring their apps and websites to become part of the platform as…