In India we got lucky this time that the TRAI ( Regulatory Authority ) rejected the proposal even though Mr Z personally visited PM Modi to get his support including a town hall in IIT. Facebook even employed questionable tactics to get support for this. Eventually it did not work out.
Now Google, with its Indian origin CEO is trying his hand by providing free wifi at Indian Railway stations.
Everyone now wants a chunk of a growing economy like India to convert its people to "products".
Indian authorities should be smart enough to differentiate between the good & bad things that giants like Facebook & Google can do to the country, its economy and nowadays even its stability.
Now Google, with its Indian origin CEO is trying his hand by providing free wifi at Indian Railway stations.
Everyone now wants a chunk of a growing economy like India to convert its people to "products".
Indian authorities should be smart enough to differentiate between the good & bad things that giants like Facebook & Google can do to the country, its economy and nowadays even its stability.