TRAI sources: Free Basics was a problem, Zero Rating was a problem, Jio Phone is not a problem
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Much like the launch of Reliance Jio’s telecom and internet services, Jio’s newly announced ‘smartish’ feature phone too is finding its way to the middle of a controversy. This time around the debate is whether the
The issue got triggered when India’s third largest telecom operator, Idea, recently commented on how the new Jio phone raise concerns about net neutrality, “It will not allow most of the apps which a customer prefers and the choice of apps may not work because it is forcing consumers to use an individual operator’s apps,”
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TRAI seems to agree with this. Jio has talked about how the Jio phone will come packed with entire set of Jio apps but it’s still unclear if non-Jio apps will find a place in the Jio phone. TRAI believes that if
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