The Asia Internet Coalition recommended a principles-based set of rules to govern Net Neutrality regulation in India. The AIC represents the interests of Amazon, Google and Facebook, among others, in Asia. The filing also warned against regulating content providers à la telecom providers. Amazon and Google both operate cloud services with a significant market share. Read: The curiously absent voice in the Net Neutrality debate TRAI sought views from stakeholders on what a committee to enforce net neutrality should look like in India. It is also looking into issues related to traffic management practices as these could affect net neutrality. In the UK, the communications regulator Ofcom requires telecom providers to answer and publish a questionnaire that details, in simple terms, how they manage traffic in terms of throttling specific types of content or prioritising traffic. AIC suggested such a model for India. Ease of doing business Like the telecom providers, AIC argued that traffic management is needed for security and managing quality across all services during network congestion. But the trade group warned that these practices should only be used in a way that does not "skew access to the Internet". Internet providers shouldn't use TMPs to abuse market power: "Illegitimate TMPs could lead to discrimination by fixed or mobile TSPs/ISPs who have market power," the group warned, adding that "TMPs should be guided by foundational principles of net neutrality." This, AIC said, would prevent telecom providers from prioritising their own applications and services. 5G network slicing could be discriminatory: "Practices such…
