Facebook Free Basics service put on ice by India's telecoms regulator
by Stuart Dredge from Technology | The Guardian on (#YNDH)
Mobile operator Reliance Communications ordered to stop offering social network's suite of free services on net neutrality grounds
India's telecoms regulator has ordered mobile operator Reliance Communications to stop offering Facebook's "Free Basics" service to its customers, due to concerns over net neutrality.
Free Basics is a suite of basic internet tools including news, travel, job listings and health services, offered to people in a number of countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America through partnership with operators that remove data charges.
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