TRAI has today issued the Prohibition of Discriminatory Tariffs for Data Services Regulations, 2016?

TRAI added that a penalty of Rs.

50,000 a day, capped at Rs.

https://www.techworm.net/2016/02/trai-kicks-facebooks-free-basic-india-favour-net-neutrality.html

50 lakh will be levied on service providers violating the rule.

The policy may be reviewed every two years or sooner, TRAI said.

TRAI has given service providers six months to comply with the new rules.

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However, there is no denial that both are co-related.

Now, differential pricing means different prices for different content aka apps, which violates net neutrality.

Therefore, differential pricing and net neutrality go hand-in-hand.

The same can be said about Free Basics or any other similar platform.

Differential pricing wont just change the way we have always used Internet, but obviously unfair and discriminating.

The paper floated by TRAI received 24 lakh responses.

On the other hand, critics from startups to netizens, are against differential pricing.

Most reports pointed that TRAI will be in favour of net neutrality.

source: www.techworm.net