Facebook's Free Basics: Free in India?
商品編號：9B16E024
出版日期：2016/09/01
再版日期：2016/09/01
商品來源：Ivey
商品主題：International Business; Information Systems
商品類型：Case (Pub Mat)
涵蓋議題：net neutrality;telecom regulations
難易度：5 - MBA/Postgraduate
內容長度：11 頁
地域：India
產業：Information; Media &; Telecommunications;
事件年度：2015
In February 2015, Facebook’s Free Basics platform was launched in India by Internet.org, a partnership between Facebook and six mobile service and device companies. The platform was meant not only to enable Internet access on a smartphone but also to deliver low-cost Internet connectivity to the masses. Internet.org had already successfully launched Free Basics for a population of eight million people in nine countries across Asia, Africa, and South America. In India, however, the platform was not well received by a few eminent corporations and, more importantly, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India. The launch of Free Basics stirred a nationwide debate about whether Internet.org was trying to control Internet services in India, creating an imbalance among the existing telecom service providers and causing a disproportionate development of business opportunities. Would Free Basics succeed in its goal, or would it be banned across India?
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