Why we need net neutrality: Sachin Pilot

April 17, 2015 20:13

Globally, there is a move to offer digital access as a fundamental right. Countries like Estonia and Finland are pioneers in making broadband access legal. While they may appear small Scandinavian countries, the trend to universal digital access is gaining momentum across the world, with institutions from the United Nations to the courts.

Over the last two decades, India's telecom revolution with a rise in internet users from 60 million in 2009 to 260 million this year and poised to touch half a billion by 2018 has made neutral access to internet an important and immediate issue.

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