Net Neutrality

MWC 2017: New FCC Chair Says Net Neutrality ‘A Mistake’ And Won’t Bow To Trump Pressure

Ajit Pai promises to restore light touch regulation to aid the telecoms industry and will reverse net neutrality intervention

8 years ago

FCC Chairman Ajit Pai Takes First Step To Rule-Making Transparency

ANALYSIS: Newly-appointed Ajit Pai is taking the first steps toward taking the secrecy out of FFC's rule-making process

8 years ago

New FCC Chairman Ajit Pai Likely to Overturn Predecessors Initiatives

ANALYSIS: Despite warnings of calamity from some circles, Ajit Pai has a long history of bipartisan consensus building and of…

8 years ago

Trump Appoints Net Neutrality Opponent To Lead US Communications Regulator

US president Trump has appointed Ajit Pai, a vociferous opponent of Obama's net neutrality regulations, as FCC chairman

8 years ago

Tech Giants Call For President Trump ‘Dialogue’ And Support For Encryption

Facebook, Amazon, Google and others call on the US president-elect to support encrypted communications, net neutrality

8 years ago

Three Wants To Start Blocking Annoying Mobile Ads

However, move to tackle “excessive and irrelevant” mobile ads raises concerns about net neutrality

9 years ago

Facebook Loses Free Basics Battle In India

India's telecoms authority rules in favour of net neutrality, prohibiting service providers from offering discriminatory tariffs

9 years ago

Zuckerberg Defends ‘Free Basics’ In India

Facebook's latest move follows the suspension of the controversial Free Basics progamme in India last week on net neutrality grounds

9 years ago

Is Facebook Hijackijng Net Neutrality In India?

Facebook rallies Indian users to lobby the country's Internet authority on ‘Free Basics’

9 years ago

EU Abolishes Roaming But Rejects Net Neutrality Amendments

Holiday phone bills will get cheaper but has the open Internet been safeguarded?

9 years ago

European Parliament Votes On Net Neutrality Rules Today

MEPs are to vote whether to go ahead with telecoms rules that net neutrality campaigners say are fatally flawed

9 years ago

Facebook Shifts Focus With Internet.org

Facebook is now presenting Internet.org it as a way of getting more users onto paid Internet services

9 years ago

EU To Abolish Roaming From 2017 And Enshrine Net Neutrality In European Law

EU agrees on new roaming and net neutrality laws as part of digital single market

9 years ago

Governments Want EU Roaming Charges To Stay Until At Least 2018

European governments oppose end to EU roaming charges and don't give net neutrality their full backing, going against the European…

10 years ago

How To Explain Net Neutrality To A Five-Year-Old

The definitive definition of net neutrality by the experts for the kids (and adults, too)

10 years ago

America’s FCC Votes In Favour Of Net Neutrality Regulation

In a close 3-2 vote, the FCC awarded itself more power over broadband providers than ever before

10 years ago

Twitter Voices Support For Net Neutrality

Twitter says net neutrality legislation essential for US economy and for freedom of speech

10 years ago

Net Neutrality: Internet Providers Could Be Forced To Release The Chokehold On All Ya’ll

America's Federal Communications Commission gives net neutrality the thumbs up with latest proposals

10 years ago

EE, Virgin and Vodafone Last To Sign Up To Open Internet Code

Open Internet Code prevents ISPs in the UK from throttling traffic to competitor sites

10 years ago

Fujitsu: You Can Do A Lot With 2Mbps

Fujitsu EMEIA CEO says governments will act if networks fall behind but feels a discussion on net neutrality is necessary…

10 years ago

Obama Backs Net Neutrality

US President Barack Obama has come out in favour of stronger net neutrality rules, saying that broadband should be regulated…

10 years ago

Huawei Says Net Neutrality Is Preventing Development of Internet Services

Huawei says carriers should be able to provide different levels of service to different customers

10 years ago

US Lawmakers Seek Ban Of Revised Net Neutrality Law

Two lawmakers introduce bill to ban deals allowing certain companies to pay for faster IP traffic delivery

10 years ago

FCC Site Swamped Following Comedian’s Net Neutrality TV Speech

The FCC's commenting system experienced problems after a British comedian on HBO called upon Internet 'trolls' to enter the net…

10 years ago

Number Of Cloud Consumers Predicted To Reach 3.8 Billion By 2018

Researchers claim movie, music and storage services will explode in popularity, but challenges must be overcome

11 years ago

FCC Updates Net Neutrality, But Keeps “Speed-For-Pay”

US regulator publishes yet another draft of the controversial rules as it navigates between the interests of ISPs, Internet businesses…

11 years ago

Tech Giants Demand FCC Respect Net Neutrality

Amazon, Microsoft, Google and others demand the US regulator withdraw plans for a two tier Internet

11 years ago

Controversial FCC Proposals Could “End Net Neutrality” In The US

The Federal Communications Commission could allow US ISPs to charge for priority traffic

11 years ago

Brazil ‘Internet Constitution’ Guarantees Privacy And Net Neutrality

Brazil passes legislation designed to protect web users ahead of global confernence on the future of Internet governance in the…

11 years ago

Netflix Says Comcast Time Warner Cable Merger Harms Net Neutrality

Netflix mulls price increase: its revenue and subscribers are increasing US ISPs are charging it for bandwidth

11 years ago