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February 8, 2016 04:00 pm
Original Link: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/VVRFFqvbhOk/india-blocks-facebooks-free-basics-internet-service
India Blocks Facebook's Free Basics Internet Service
An anonymous reader writes: India's leading telecom regulator, TRAI (Telecom Regulatory Authority of India), has today voted against differential pricing, ruling with immediate effect that all data prices must be equal, and that companies cannot offer cheaper rates than others for certain content. The call is a significant blow to Facebook's Free Basics (previously Internet.org) initiative and Airtel Zero – projects which work to make internet access more accessible by providing a free range of "basic" services. The watchdog confirmed that providers would no longer be able to charge for data based on discriminatory tariffs but instead that pricing must be "content agnostic." It added that fines of Rs. 50,000 – 50 Lakh would be enforced should the regulations be violated.Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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