Daily Archives: April 20, 2015

Net neutrality to facilitate digital India drive: DoT note

After telecom and IT minister Ravi Shankar Prasad backed an open Internet three days ago, a note prepared by the Department of Telecom (DoT) for a meeting of the committee on net neutrality on Friday said the concept may help the Digital India programme and also ensure equitable and inclusive development. The committee on net…

Bridging the digital divide in India

Sponsored data or zero-rating offerings as a concept, where data charges resulting from certain types of usage are billed directly to the sponsoring company and not to the customers, is witnessing fanfare globally. As a result, the data used by the app or service is essentially free to customers. Conceptually, it is similar to 800…