Monday, 8 February 2016

India's ban on Facebook's free service is an overreaction

With 80% of Indians still offline, the regulators’ decision to block free services in favor of wider consumer choice is a risky decision Source: Guardian What constitutes digital equality? India’s national telecoms regulator thinks it knows, its national consultation on differential pricing for mobile data packages concluding that “zero rating” services, or offering them for free, is discriminatory. And over objections that zero rating...