(LiveMint)
After over one year of consultations and heated debate, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) will issue its much-awaited recommendations on net neutrality. “We will issue the recommendations on net neutrality tomorrow,” Trai chairman R.S. Sharma told reporters on Monday.
Net neutrality requires telecom service providers to treat all internet traffic equally, without regard for the type, origin, or destination of the content or the means of its transmission.The issue has been debated upon globally as well as in India, with activists arguing the case for an open internet without any restrictions on speed.
The recommendations that the regulator releases on Tuesday will assume significance, especially at a time when the US plans to repeal its existing rules on net neutrality, which will essentially allow telecom companies in the US to restrict broadband speeds and favour their own services if they want.
