The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India still has some questions on free data services. After issuing a ruling on differential pricing of data services in February this year, the regulator floated another consultation paper on Thursday on "Free Data" .
This one focuses on schemes that can provide either free data or data reimbursement without dependence on the service provider. As opposed to a model like Free Basics, which provided a select few websites or a "walled garden" for free , this paper invites comments on the viability of a model that has the "benefits of offering free data while avoiding the ingenuity that the Differential Tariff Regulation is meant to prevent". In other words, free data, that can be used to access any part of the internet.
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This one focuses on schemes that can provide either free data or data reimbursement without dependence on the service provider. As opposed to a model like Free Basics, which provided a select few websites or a "walled garden" for free , this paper invites comments on the viability of a model that has the "benefits of offering free data while avoiding the ingenuity that the Differential Tariff Regulation is meant to prevent". In other words, free data, that can be used to access any part of the internet.
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