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Ephraim Percy Kenyanito
Sub-Saharan Africa Policy AnalystTrue that Ebele!And thanks for the great session today - even though we didn't agree on a number of issues :-)I found that your engagement is a step in the right direction and one that local companies can learn from.Ali HusseinPrincipalHussein & Associates+254 0713 601113 / 0770906375"Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking what no one else has thought". ~ Albert Szent-GyörgyiSent from my iPadI think this provides us with an excellent opportunity to see if this decision has any impact, positive or negative, on the cost of data, on competition in the market, and the number of people connected. There's nothing better than evidence based policy making. . .
Ebele Okobi | Head of Public Policy, Africa
Listers
This might be of interest to you.
This is something that we all in Africa can learn from.
Ali HusseinPrincipalHussein & Associates+254 0713 601113 / 0770906375
"Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking what no one else has thought". ~ Albert Szent-GyörgyiSent from my iPad
Begin forwarded message:
From: parminder <parminder@itforchange.net>
Date: 8 February 2016 at 2:14:50 PM EAT
To: "global-nn@lists.riseup.net" <global-nn@lists.riseup.net>
Subject: [global-nn] Indian regulator bans differential pricing, including zero rating
Reply-To: parminder <parminder@itforchange.net>
http://www.trai.gov.in/WriteReadData/WhatsNew/Documents/Regulation_Data_Service.pdf
shorter press release is at
http://trai.gov.in/WriteReadData/PressRealease/Document/Press_Release_No_13%20.pdf
Can be considered as a path breaking regulatory move, which may set the trend for developing countries...
parminder
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