Telecom

Trai promises final call on differential pricing by month-end after ‘lively’ open house

While most, including industry body Internet and Mobile Association of India, said they were against differential pricing, some took a...

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Internet Governance

Facebook Free Basics vs Net Neutrality: The top arguments in the debate

Facebook Free Basics has been put on hold in India, till TRAI takes a decision on zero-rating apps. The article...

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Internet Governance

Start-up India turns the heat on Facebook Free Basics

Vijay Shekhar Sharma, founder and CEO of Paytm has urged people to lend their support for an unfettered internet in...

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Internet Governance

Mark Zuckerberg’s India backlash imperils vision for free global web

Mark Zuckerberg’s argument for free Web access is based in part on Deloitte research showing that for every 10 people...

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Internet Governance

India, Egypt say no thanks to free Internet from Facebook

Boys in Chandauli, India, use laptops at a Community Information Resource Center, which in addition to books provides free Internet...

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Internet Governance

India Sets Strict New Net Neutrality Rules

Indians surf the Internet at an Internet cafe, in Allahabad, India, April 27, 2011. The article by Anjana Pasricha was...

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Internet Governance

India bans Facebook’s ‘free’ Internet for the poor

Facebook The article by Annie Gowen was published in Washington Post on February 8, 2016. Sunil Abraham gave inputs. The...

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Internet Governance

Facebook’s Fight to Be Free

Photo Illustration: 731; Photos: Alamy, Bloomberg The article by Adi Narayan and Bhuma Shrivastava was published in Bloomberg Businessweek on...

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Openness

Facebook is no charity, and the ‘free’ in Free Basics comes at a price

Free Basics is only some people’s idea of ‘equality’. Danish Siddiqui/Reuters Free Basics is the rebranded Internet.org, a Facebook operation...

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Telecom

A Megacorp’s Basic Instinct

Net Neutrality Pros Free Software Movement activists protest in Bangalore The article by Arindam Mukherjee was published in Outlook on...

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