TRAI has extended the deadline for receiving comments on its differential pricing for data services, by a week (January 7^th) . The deadline was supposed to end on December 30^th.

TRAI had released a paper on December 9^th and asked the stakeholders for suggestions on the pricing. The paper has stirred up debate on zero-rating platforms and Facebook’s Free Basics.

TRAI has received 16.5 lakh comments. The authority received 8 lakh comments through Free Basics and zero rating platforms and about 3,000 individual messages.

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