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'''Airtel Zero''' was a platform launched on 6 April 2015 in India by [[Bharti Airtel]], a multinational telecommunications service company across [[South Asia]] and the largest cellular service provider in [[India]], with 192.22 million subscribers.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Chhavi|title=Aircel Adds Highest Number of GSM Subscribers in August followed by Airtel; Vodafone Loses : COAI|url=http://telecomtalk.info/aircel-adds-highest-number-of-gsm-subscribers-in-august-followed-by-airtel-vodafone-loses-coai/108943/|website=Telecomtalk.info|access-date=24 April 2015}}</ref> As per reports, Airtel Zero was a platform through which Airtel would have offered users free access to certain [[mobile applications]] and services from companies who had signed up with Airtel.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Saxena|first1=Anupam|title=Airtel Zero: Another blow to Net Neutrality|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/tech-news/Airtel-Zero-Another-blow-to-net-neutrality/articleshow/46823419.cms|access-date=24 April 2015|work=The Times of India|date=6 April 2015}}</ref><br />
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==History==<br />
The announcement to launch Airtel Zero came soon after the [[Telecom Regulatory Authority of India]] (TRAI) released its consultation paper on [[Over-the-top content|OTT]] (Over-the-top) services and invited submissions on introducing OTT charges. Through the Zero platform, app developers and [[internet service providers]] (ISPs) would be able to make a part of their entire mobile app free for customers if they pay Airtel a fixed fee for the cost of data transfer incurred while using their services..<ref>{{cite news|last1=ETbureau|title=Critics warn Airtel for flouting net neutrality; startups, others can offer apps for free on platform|url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2015-04-07/news/60902957_1_net-neutrality-apps-bharti-airtel|access-date=24 April 2015|publisher=The Economic Times|date=7 April 2015}}</ref> After the launch, Airtel faced the lot of criticism on social media with users claiming it to be against [[net neutrality]]. Later TRAI supported net neutrality and ruled against differential data pricing based on content which resulted in ending [[zero-rating]] platforms in India including [[Facebook Free Basics]] and Airtel Zero.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/feb/08/india-facebook-free-basics-net-neutrality-row|title=India deals blow to Facebook in people-powered 'net neutrality' row|last=Soni|first=Aayush|date=2016-02-08|work=The Guardian|access-date=2017-03-09|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://qz.com/612129/the-lawyers-techies-and-comedians-who-fought-facebook-to-keep-indias-internet-free-and-open/|title=The lawyers, techies, and comedians who fought Facebook to keep India's internet free and open|last=Punit|first=Itika Sharma|work=Quartz|access-date=2017-03-09|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/technology/tech-news-technology/facebook-free-basics-ban-net-neutrality-all-you-need-to-know/|title=TRAI supports Net Neutrality, effectively bans Free Basics: All that happened in this debate|date=2015-12-29|work=The Indian Express|access-date=2017-03-09|language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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