TRAI floats new net neutrality consultation paper to establish traffic management practices for ISPs

New Delhi: The Telecom Regulatory Authourity of India (TRAI) has floated a new consultation paper pertaining to net neutrality. While the TRAI’s earlier consultation papers were about establishing the need for net neutrality, today’s paper comes after the Department of Telecom (DoT) asked TRAI to deliberate on certain recommendations it made to the government around net neutrality, namely those around traffic management practices (TMPs) used by telcos and Internet service providers and the establishment of a multi-stakeholder body.

“The government has adopted the principle of net neutrality, which means networks must treat all traffic as equal. However, there are exceptions, situations that create traffic conditions,” said R.S. Sharma, Chairman of TRAI. The TRAI had intimated earlier that a public consultation paper on these subjects will be floated soon.