archiveNet Neutrality

Like India, the US Federal Communications Commission is closely following its Indian counterpart’s step on net neutrality, which guarantees free and unbiased access to the web for all. The US regulatory authority chairman Tom Wheeler’s office wrote letter on 15th of June 2016 to Ram Sewak Sharma, Chairman of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, apprised the latter of the FCC’s recent win in the net neutrality debate with the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia upholding net neutrality rules passed by the regulator last year. “Chairman...

In an exclusive interview to ET NOW from London, Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales defended Wikipedia Zero to provide internet free of cost on mobile phones in developing markets and has backed the principle of net neutrality project despite admitting it was a complicated topic and that getting access to knowledge for poor people is equally important. Wikipedia Zero follows a very strict set of principles such as no money is ever exchanged etc. “Net neutrality is such a complicated topic, it is something that I am extremely passionate about and I think...