TRAI report on net neutrality not final, says Minister
Posted on: 18/Jul/2015 11:39:00 AM
The Union Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has said that TRAI�s (Telecome Regulatory Authority of India) report on net neutrality is not final and that the government will take a �structured view� after review of the report. The report suggests that domestic calls offered by Over The Top (OTT) players like Skype, WhatsApp and Viber and calls offered by telecom operators be treated the same way. However, this will come as a disappointment to users who have enjoyed the lower or no cost calls till now.
Said Mr. Prasad, �The net neutrality report has come and I want to make this clear that it is not the report of the government. It is the report of the department of telecom... It is the report of a committee of officers which he had constituted to study the entire gamut of net neutrality. The report is now in public domain for comments and it will be sent to TRAI also. After the TRAU report, we will take a structured view. Thereafter the Cabinet will take a final decision.�
According to an expert, �Net neutrality is extremely important to allow new players to disrupt old technologies and create efficient products for the future. I think it is important for large corporations to embrace this change and adapt their products to benefit from changing consumer behaviour rather than use tactics such as �Zero rating� to create unfair advantage and hamper innovation.�
