Zuckerberg's Plan Spurned as India Backs Full Net Neutrality
- Telecom regulator bans differential Internet data plans
- Facebook had lobbied India to approve its Free Basics plan
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Facebook Inc.’s plans for expansion in India have suffered a major setback.
After the company spent months lobbying the country to accept its Free Basics service -- a way of delivering a limited Internet that included Facebook, plus some other tools, for no cost -- India’s telecom regulator ruled against any plans from cellular operators that charge different rates to different parts of the Web.