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EU courts net neutrality ruling uproots zero-rating plans

2020-09-15 02:00:00| Total Telecom industry news

Today, the ruling of the EU Court of Justice (CJEU) case between Telenor and Hungarian regulator NMHH could threaten the existence of zero-rating plans on the ground of net neutrality. Net neutrality is a principle enshrined in EU law that seeks to ensure that ISP’s must provide internet communications in a non-discriminatory manner; in short, this means that ISP’s cannot throttle internet traffic for certain customers or services…read more on TotalTele.com »

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Berec to update net neutrality guidelines for zero-rating cases

2018-12-13 12:50:00| Telecompaper Headlines

(Telecompaper) The EU's net neutrality regulation and the guidelines to regulators issued by Berec are working well, according to an evaluation by Berec, the assembly of national telecom regulators in the EU. However, the regulators agreed that more clarification is needed in certain areas, such as zero rating, and updated guidance will be issued in 2019.

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Supreme Court declines industry appeal to void 2016 net neutrality ruling

2018-11-06 09:08:00| Telecompaper Headlines

(Telecompaper) The US Supreme Court has declined to hear a case brought by the telecom industry seeking to overturn a ruling that upheld the previous net neutrality rules, NPR reports. The industry had hoped to have the ruling quashed in order to avoid any continued legal precedent for the rules passed in 2015 under the Obama administration.

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California Senate passes stricter net neutrality law

2018-09-03 08:41:00| Telecompaper Headlines

(Telecompaper) The California Senate has passed net neutrality legislation stricter than the federal rules in the US. The legislation must still be signed by the governor before it becomes law in the state.

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