net neutrality

Supporters of net neutrality back the principle that the entire Internet traffic should be available to everyone on equal terms without any discrimination based on business considerations of service providers.

"Government is in the process of establishing the regulatory framework for net neutrality which, inter alia, includes amendment in the terms of various licence agreements governing the provision of internet services in India to incorporate the principles of non-discriminatory treatment of content," Union minister of communications Manoj Sinha told Rajya Sabha in a written statement.

Telecom regulator Trai (Telecom Regulatory Authority of India) earlier this week issued its recommendations on net neutrality while calling the internet an 'open platform'.

Odisha CM Navin Patnaik is the latest to join the chorus supporting net neutrality. Patnaik has written to Trai chairman Rahul Khullar opposing the implications suggested in the regulatory authority’s consultation paper.

An alliance of telecom firms sued California, arguing the state overstepped its authority in passing the law because such regulatory power is the purview of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).

A twitter bird bleeding from its clipped wings, followed by the message “Ctrl + S the internet”, was one of the many innovative banners displayed by young netizens of Chennai who organised a walkathon on Thursday evening at Elliot’s beach to raise awareness on net neutrality.

The net neutrality debate has taken over the internet and has reached the Marathi industry too, as stars like Riteish Deshmukh are also supporting the campaign to #savetheinternet.

The movement in support of net neutrality is gaining momentum with each passing day.

Telecom operators in India push for charges on internet companies for accessing their networks, raising net neutrality concerns

As the debate over equal access to the internet rages on, entrepreneurs in the city have expressed their support for net neutrality

Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan re-allocated time to Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday to take up a discussion on net neutrality in the House, as matter of “urgent public importance”.

Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Sunday accused the Modi government of using “discussions” as a cover for delaying a policy on net neutrality despite overwhelming demand fr- om industry and activists, stating that there could be no compromise on free internet.

The opposition Congress on Thursday said that the BJP government had failed to define and address the issue of net neutrality and questioned private sector initiatives such as Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg’s internet.org (now known as ‘free basics’) and Bharti Airtel’s zero-rated platform.

New Delhi, Jul 5 () Telecom operators have demanded to bring all stakeholders such as websites, mobile applications and cellphone makers under the ambit of net neutrality regulation.

New Delhi, May 30 () Telecom regulator Trai today issued pre-consultation paper on net neutrality, a topic that had kicked up dust earlier this year over platforms like Facebook's Free Basics and Airtel Zero as well as attempts to charge certain Internet services, including calls.

The government is likely to take a call soon on whether mobile companies should be allowed to manage network speeds and internet traffic. The digital communications commission (DCC), the inter-ministerial decision-making body on telecom issues, will decide whether it wants to go with regulator Trai's views on the matter, that gave a free hand to mobile companies, though seeking transparency for telecom users and customers.

Following a vigorous campaign by savetheinternet.in – volunteered by around 55 youths across the country – the net neutrality campaign has climbed to a feverish pitch. Online activists are planning to rope in startup ventures in their fight against the move to curtail access to open and free internet.

net neutrality is an idea derived from how telephone lines have worked since the beginning of the 20th century.

The National Students’ Union of India (NSUI) has come out in support of net neutrality and an open internet.

Federal Communications Commission (FCC) chairman Ajit Pai has come under a blistering attack of several Indian-American lawmakers for his proposal to repeal the Obama-era net neutrality policy.

Over 120 internet company founders, including Nithin Kamath of Zerodha and Vijay Shekhar Sharma of Paytm, have urged the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) to uphold net neutrality and avoid discriminatory practices against over-the-top (OTT) services. Telcos such as Jio, Bharti Airtel, and Vodafone Idea have requested Trai to charge network usage fees on online services, which the founders argue would violate net neutrality.

Content providers such as Netflix and carriers such as Bharti Airtel, Vodafone and Idea, backed the concept of net neutrality while allowing for reasonable traffic management practices in exceptional cases as laid down by the authorities.

New Delhi, Jul 20 () Government is in the process of framing rules to implement net neutrality in the country, which bars service providers from discriminating against internet content and services by blocking, throttling or granting them higher speed access.

After creating a buzz outside the country for a while now, the Save the Internet campaign has taken over the virtual world in India.

Content provided through closed networks - which does not travel over the internet - will not be governed by the order prohibiting differential tariffs for data services, Trai chairman R S Sharma has said.

New Delhi, Aug 19 () The telecom regulator will soon start consultation to recommend a framework for traffic management practices as well as structure and nuances of a multi-stakeholder body outlined in the net neutrality principles, according to a senior Trai official.