CHENNAI: The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) is expected to issue recommendations on the controversial topic of net neutrality in about a month. “All stakeholders are actively participating in this (net neutrality) debate. I think Trai should be able to give appropriate recommendations to the government, which they have asked for,” Trai Chairman R S Sharma told reporters here on Wednesday on the sidelines of an open house discussion on the issue.
On the timeline for recommendations, Sharma said, “It should not take more than a month.” Telecom operators and internet content providers have been at loggerheads over the issue of net neutrality.
While telecom operators have been asking for cost-sharing with content providers, internet companies have been pushing for low-cost internet services. The government has said that it will decide on the framework for net neutrality after getting Trai recommendations.
The telecom regulator, meanwhile, has also set into motion consultation for the next round of spectrum auction across nine bands. These include 60 per cent of unsold radiowaves of the last bidding and 275 megahertz of two new bands — 3300-3400 MHz and 3400-3600 MHz — meant for 5G services.