data<\/a> services across the nation.<\/p>\nThe government is coming up with the \u2018net neutrality\u2019 policy to be considered while issuing licenses to local telecom operators and Internet Service Providers (ISP).<\/p>\n
The new policy upon implementation will regulate the way ISPs deliver services with regard to speed-based discrimination and pricing of internet traffic.<\/p>\n
This decision makes Nepal Telecom Authority (NTA) second such authority in South Asia after India\u2019s Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) to formulate such a policy that enforces regulation for fairness in internet service delivery.<\/p>\n
Nepal is consulting TRAI for finalization of the policy.<\/p>\n
Why Net Neutrality in Nepal?<\/h4>\n
Net neutrality is the policy that mandates ISPs to ensure fairness in all the services they deliver across web-based platforms.<\/p>\n
Though the concept of net neutrality has been under discussion across the globe, Nepal Government is coming up with such legal framework for the first time in its history. Till date, Nepal has no legal rules protecting the existing net neutrality process.<\/p>\n
At the start of 2018, NTA opined that \u2018net neutrality\u2019 is not a serious concern for Nepal, however changed its decision after some local ISPs reported violation of net neutrality creating the need for the same.<\/p>\n
Nepal\u2019s move towards such policy gains significance in view of the growing demand for the same, globally.<\/p>\n
On a global scale, TRAI and European Regulators of Electronic Communications have signed a deal for exchange of information on net neutrality, and the United States has also recently reviewed protection of its net neutrality policy upon demands from the activists and local legislatures.<\/p>\n
NTA will soon make the regulation public, NTA Spokesperson Min Prasad Aryal said in a statement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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