09-02-2016 09:28 via indianexpress.com

Net Neutrality win: How TRAI countered Facebook Free Basics push

TRAI’s new Net Neutrality order has effectively ended differential data pricing, and thus banned Free Basics by Facebook.
The Prohibition of Discriminatory Tariffs for Data Services Regulations, 2016, prohibits any service provider from offering or charging discriminatory tariffs for data services on the basis of content. This TRAI order upholds the net neutrality principle that all packets of data should be treated impartially, and ends the debate on whether services like Facebook’
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