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TRAI
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20 Dec 2020
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Response to TRAI Consultation Paper on Broadband Connectivity and SpeedCIS comments on Telecom Regulatory Authority of India’s Consultation Paper on Roadmap to Promote Broadband Connectivity and Enhanced Broadband Speed
12 Dec 2016
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CIS Submission to TRAI Consultation Note on Model for Nation-wide Interoperable and Scalable Public Wi-Fi NetworksThis submission presents responses by the CIS on the Consultation Note on Model for Nation-wide Interoperable and Scalable Public Wi-Fi Networks published by the TRAI on November 15, 2016. Our analysis of the solution proposed in the …
21 Nov 2016
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Net subs grow significantly but public Wi-Fi idea flayedEven as internet subscribers are growing significantly across Indian states, TRAI's idea of public Wi-Fi has been flayed by stakeholders.
17 Aug 2016
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Responses to Trai’s consultation paper on free data contain some good suggestionsTrai has announced that it will come up with a final consultation paper on ‘Free Data’, and also a pre-consultation paper on Net Neutrality by the end of this month.
1 Jul 2016
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Slow internet driving you nuts? Here is how your service provider is fleecing youJune 20 was World Wifi Day — an occasion to celebrate speedy, reliable internet connections. India, although a major internet market and the fastest growing now, is a very odd place for such celebration. Average internet speed in India is …
1 Jul 2016
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Call drops: Dealing with the menace or just shifting goal posts?It is nothing short of an irony that the world’s second largest mobile user market that boasts of being the world’s fastest growing economy is plagued by poor infrastructure and overloaded networks to an extent that many callers are cut off …
30 Jun 2016
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CIS Submission to TRAI Consultation on Free DataThe Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) held a consultation on Free Data, for which CIS sent in the following comments.
30 Mar 2016
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TRAI Consultation on Differential Pricing for Data Services - Post-Open House Discussion SubmissionThe Centre for Internet and Society sent this submission to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) following the Open House Discussion on Differential Pricing of Data Services, held in Delhi on February 21, 2016.
28 Feb 2016
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India's ‘Facebook ruling’ is another nail in the coffin of the MNO modelAbility to access 'net from mobe no longer considered a miracle.
15 Feb 2016
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Zuckerberg's Plan Spurned as India Backs Full Net NeutralityFacebook Inc.’s plans for expansion in India have suffered a major setback.
15 Feb 2016
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Trai upholds Net Neutrality in setback to Facebook’s Free BasicsTrai says Internet service providers will not be allowed to discriminate on pricing of data access for different web services.
15 Feb 2016
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Internet FreedomThe modern medium of the web is an open-sourced, democratic world in which equality is an ideal, which is why what is most important is Internet freedom.
14 Feb 2016
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There is No Such Thing as Free BasicsIndia would not see the rain of Free Basics advertisements on billboards with images of farmers and common people explaining how much they could benefit from this Firefox project. Because the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has …
4 Feb 2016
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A Megacorp’s Basic InstinctBolstered by academia and civil society, TRAI stands its ground against FB’s Free Basics publicity blitz.
26 Jan 2016
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Trai promises final call on differential pricing by month-end after 'lively' open houseThe Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) will take a final call on differential pricing by the end of January , its chairman said, describing the open house discussions on the regulator's contentious consultation paper as "lively".
11 Jan 2016
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Will India win net neutrality battle?There is more than what meets the eye in Facebook’s ‘noble mission’ of providing internet for all.