Net neutrality: Trai does well to recommend hard-coding it in licence terms

The Indian regulator has taken a position in stark contrast to its US counterpart, the FCC whose actions are a reminder that regulation itself is subject to political vagaries, & changing governments

TRAI has come out with its recommendations for the net-neutrality regime in India. This comes close on the heels of its counterpart in the US turning its back on it two years after it had endorsed it. The author looks at TRAI’s recommendations and also at what the big influencers were in this matter globally.

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We can now say, with some certainty, that the Indian telecom regulator (TRAI)’s support for net-neutrality is among the strongest in the world. The timing could not be more auspicious – TRAI now stands tall alongside European regulators, even as it positions itself in stark