Net neutrality and other telecom policy
The physical life of the internet is obscured from view. Undersea cables, airwaves, wireline networks- all these elements that rarely come to the foreground of our thoughts interact in complex ways to deliver us ‘internet’. As much of the network is owned and managed by private entities, their interests can be divergent from the public interest. Limiting user choice or stifling innovation, for example, could be immensely profitable for these entities. It falls upon the laws and policies governing these telecommmunication networks to ensure that the internet’s ability to function as a free, open and secure medium is preserved, while also creating conditions for the telecom industry to thrive.
Posts & Publications
Dots and connections – Internet explained through rangoli
India takes the lead in shaping global Net Neutrality principles
Dialing for data protection: Our comments to TRAI Consultation Paper on Privacy, Security and Ownership of User Data in the Telecom Sector
Our submission to TRAI consultation on network neutrality in favour of brightline rules
Hello! Our submission to TRAI consultation on Internet telephony
Podcast: Greg Macdougall interviews Anja Kovacs on Internet rights, political economy and social justice
Coalition letter: High quality connectivity and net neutrality go hand in hand
Towards setting goalposts: Our comments to pre-consultation paper on net neutrality
Against the undermining of discriminatory tariffs regulation: Our comments to TRAI consultation paper on Free Data
After some deep pocket inspection, TRAI says ‘no thanks’ to differential pricing on the basis of content!
Full house at the TRAI Open House: Additional comments to TRAI consultation on differential pricing for data services
Broad points of conflict: Our counter comments to the TRAI Consultation Paper on Differential Pricing for Data Services
End-to-end ka The End: Our response to TRAI Consultation Paper on Differential Pricing for Data Services
But is it still the Internet if it is isolating? Our response to the Department of Telecommunication’s report on net neutrality
All of the Internet for all of the people: Our response to TRAI consultation paper on regulatory framework for Over-The-Top services
A civil society statement on network neutrality regulation in India
ITU Secretary-General response to members of civil society
Civil society open letter to the ITU on transparency of the 2014 ITU Plenipotentiary in Busan