Editorial: What is Trai trying to fix?

It is decidedly odd that, while there has been no open house meeting on the last Trai consultation paper on net neutrality and licensing of over-the-top (OTT) services like WhatsApp voice, the Trai—under a new chief—should select issues from the previous round and repackage them in the form of a new consultation. While not getting into OTT, Trai has asked whether—without naming them—an Airtel Zero or Facebook Free Basics is kosher. The arguments are old ones. Apart from a