Analysts at Kotak Institutional Equities said a walled garden, which is any set of pre-installed apps (Jio apps or non-Jio apps, doesn’t matter) on a handset where the consumer cannot install competing apps, flirts with the boundaries of net neutrality. “I am not very sure of technicalities but unless there is an independent app store, the net neutrality purists won’t be happy. That operators can’t act as gatekeepers is the fundamental premise of net neutrality,” an industry analyst said seeking anonymity. According to Nikhil Pahwa, co-founder of the savetheinternet.in campaign for net neutrality in India, and founder of digital news site Medianama.com, there is not enough information available on the JioPhone yet to say whether the service will clash with net neutrality. “A JioPhone allows Jio apps as well as non-Jio apps.

Source: Mint July 24, 2017 02:15 UTC