NetNeutrality: Issues With The TRAI’s Consultation Paper On Internet Services Licensing

In its new consultation paper on Net Neutrality, the Indian telecom regulator TRAI, appears to exceed its remit, while looking into licensing of certain Internet services that it says “can be regarded the same or similar to the services provided by [Telecom Operators].

There’s one particularly odd thing that stands out: the paper itself is titled “Consultation Paper on Regulatory Framework for Over-The-Top (OTT) communication Services”, but the paper “services as can be regarded the same or similar to the services provided by [Telecom Operators]” has a much wider scope, because telecom operators also provide content, music and radio, news among other things. Effectively, this is about Internet Regulation. – Medianama