India’s telecom regulator TRAI is asking how non-discriminatory access to content on the Internet can be ensured in a paper titled “Consultation Paper on net Neutrality”. The regulator discussed about various issues of Net Neutrality including traffic management, throttling of speeds, and preferential treatment of content and apps on the Internet and how these principles are applicable within the Indian context. Note that this the 5th consultation paper issued under net neutrality in the last two years. TRAI has already passed a regulation in February last year restricting discriminatory pricing of applications, and content. In this consultation TRAI is discussing the following issues to create a legal framework for Net Neutrality in India Classification of Internet traffic and services TRAI said the since Internet service providers (ISPs) and telcos have access to multiple licenses in India for providing services, it is important define what kind of services can be treated as an “Internet service” and how should “Internet traffic” be defined in the context of Net Neutrality. TRAI is also asking how “managed/specialized” services hosted via internet Protocol (IP) can be regulated under a net neutrality framework. The regulator is essentially pointing out to services like VoIP, IPTV, IoT services, enterprise communication services but however classifies this is as services “that are delivered using IP but do not serve the same functionality as the public Internet.” Traffic Management Telecom operators and ISPs enforce several traffic management methods to optimize delivery of packets between nodes and how bandwidth is utilized within a…
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