Recently on Feb 8th, 2016, the TRAI came out with an order prohibiting telecom operators to price data services differentially. The idea is to prevent operators to influence internet traffic to favored sites by pricing access to these at a much lower rate – thereby acting as gatekeepers. The clause 3 of the Feb 8th order is reproduced as under.
“1. No service provider shall or charge discriminatory tariffs for data services on the basis of content.