India’s Department of Telecommunications supports net neutrality, but recommends taxing some VoIP services

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by Sindy Cator on July 16, 2015 at 1:17 pm

Posted In: Around the Web, Asia, India, net neutrality

India has been grappling with the notion of net neutrality since zero-rating services like Facebook’s Internet.org and Airtel Zero were announced. The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has now released a report (PDF) on the issue with its recommendations to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI); here’s what’s up. Over 100 pages long, the report details the DoT’s understanding of net neutrality principles and their implications in the Indian context. The report concludes that the definition of net neutrality needn’t be set in stone, but its guidelines need to be understood and adhered to. It also states that public policy on the…