“Shrill voices” will not win Net Neutrality debate in India: TRAI Chief

Rahul khullar, TRAI Chairman, said, “‘Shrill voices’ won’t win the Net Neutrality debate in India and the concept is not ‘practised strictly’ even in countries like the US and the UK. A raging debate has broken out in the country by the launch of platforms like Airtel Zero and Internet. The uproar continues in favour of Net Neutrality.

The Net Neutrality campaign targets start-ups as well as Net neutrality: Airtel Zero is a threat to Digital India plan. Anurag Thakur, IT Standing Committee head, bats for Net Neutrality. India needs to follow global best practices. MakeMyTrip joins the Net Neutrality chorus.

TRAI has floated a discussion paper on this topic. In response to its paper, for which public comments have been sought till April 24, TRAI has already been flooded with over 8 lakh petitions against any attempt to throttle ‘net neutrality’ concept.

The debate had begun after the telecom major Airtel decided to charge separately for Internet-based phone calls in December, which it had to later withdraw... See more