Net Neutrality: Department of Telecom pushes for disallowing telecom companies’ zero rating plans in its report

The telecom department’s much-awaited report on ‘net neutrality’ is said to have recommended disallowing the controversial zero rating plans of telcos while proposing that throttling and any sort of prioritisation of Internet traffic should be banned by the government.

“There should be no paid prioritisation which creates discrimination and no degradation of traffic on the internet on the basis of applications, content, services or even the end user,” a senior government official privy to the report told ET.

The six-member committee’s report together with the telecom regulator’s recommendation will form the final basis of the government’s policy on net neutrality, a principle that guarantees consumers equal
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