Trai asks DoT to create, maintain list of permissible/prohibited traffic management practices

The telecom regulator has recommended establishing a list of permissible and prohibited traffic management practices (TMPs) for internet access service (IAS) providers even as it recommended establishing a multi-stakeholder(MSB) body to assist the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) in ensuring that net neutrality rules are followed.

“The DoT may define the process for creation and maintenance of a repository of reasonable TMPs,” the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) said in its recommendations on ‘Traffic Management Practices and Multi-Stakeholder Body for Net Neutrality’, issued on Tuesday. Also, the internet access service provider and the MSB must publish the repository of TMPs on their websites.