Telecom Commission to meet on May 1, 2018 to discuss sector’s issues
The Telecom Commission is scheduled to meet on May 1, 2018 to most likely discuss matters such as in-flight connectivity, net-neutrality and method for allocating E and V spectrum band. Approval of the proposal for in-flight connectivity will lead to the provision of mobile call and data services to passengers during domestic air-travel. The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has already suggested prohibiting internet service providers (ISPs) from making any discrimination in the traffic flow while providing web access by either blocking or throttling some apps, websites and services, or by offering 'fast lanes' to others.
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