New Delhi : Telecom regulator Trai is expected to release this week its recommendations on free data services in the wake of its ban on free Internet platforms like Facebook’s Free Basics and Airtel Zero. “We expect to issue recommendation on free data service by end of this week,” Trai Chairman RS Sharma told PTI.
Trai floated proposals in May to explore models for providing free Internet services to consumers within the Net neutrality framework, months after barring platforms like Facebook’s Free Basics and Airtel Zero under its differential pricing rule.
The regulator, which is exploring a ‘toll free’ number like facility for accessing online platforms, received comments from 11 telecom operators and internet service providers, 25 companies and organisations, 14 individuals who addressed questions raised in the paper and hundreds of one line comments from individuals on the proposal.
