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Facebook on Thursday launched Express WiFi service that offers Internet facility through public hotspots to users in rural parts of India.
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Months after it received flak for allegedly violating net neutrality with Free Basics, social networking giant Facebook is now testing a new model for public Wi-Fi deployments for offering quality internet access in rural parts of the country.
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Facebook should be given a "fair hearing" regarding its 'Free Basics' programme, a senior US official Wednesday said even as he emphasised that the social media major is more than capable of advocating for itself.
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Telecom regulator Trai expects to finalise its view on Net neutrality in "a couple of months".
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Despite India saying no to Free Basics and going for net neutrality, the social networking giant eyes big growth in Asia than any other parts of the world, a top Facebook executive told the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) on Tuesday.
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Disappointed with Trai's ruling banning Free Basics, Facebook has said it will now focus on other parts of the internet.Org programme and wants to work with all operators in order to get more people on the Internet.
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Facebook had partnered with telecom operator Reliance Communications in India to roll out its Free Basics programme that offered free access to basic Internet services through selected partner websites.
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Facebook – the Internet behemoth that it has turned into – and its CEO are not new to controversies.
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The Connectivity Lab is reportedly working on several such projects, including systems that would provide connections through satellites or drone-mounted lasers.
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In a boost to net neutrality, Facebook has decided to shut down its controversial 'Free Basics' programme in India, following telecom regulator Trai's move to bar operators from charging different rates for Internet access based on content.
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Writing on Facebook, Zuckerberg said the comments do not represent what he or the social network thinks of India.
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Marc Andreessen, a prominent venture capitalist and Facebook Inc board director, apologised on Wednesday for tweets that condemned the Indian government for banning the social media company`s free Internet service.
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Becoming the first telecom regulator globally to ban zero rating plans like Facebook's Free Basics and Airtel Zero, TRAI has backed Net Neutrality while issuing a new set of norms barring discriminatory prices for data services.
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Having barred discriminatory pricing of data services, the regulator TRAI Tuesday warned of much stricter action against errant telecom operators if the existing penalty provision fails to tame them.
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Backing net neutrality, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has barred operators from charging different rates for Internet access based on content, dealing a blow to Facebook's controversial Free Basics and other such plans.
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Taking to twitter, the man who invented the World Wide Web (WWW) said, “Well done India!”
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Zuckerberg claimed that Facebook's work with Internet.org around the world has already improved many people's lives.
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